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Jowie's hope of attending father's burial ceremony dashed by judge

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Joseph Irungu alias Jowie aged 33 years old leaves Milimani court on March 13, 2024, when the court sentenced him to death after he was found guilty of murdering Monica Kimani. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Murder convict Joseph Irungu will not attend his father's funeral.

This is after High Court Judge Chacha Mwita declined to order the Kenya Prisons Services to escort Irungu, alias Jowie, to Nakuru South Cemetery where his father, Julius Irungu, will be buried today.

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