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Maribe's car seen in Kilimani on day Monica was killed, court told

However, it was not seen at Lamuria Gardens where the businesswoman was murdered

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by ANNETTE WAMBULWA

News26 October 2021 - 20:00
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  • •Chief Inspector Fredrick Michuki the officer-in-charge of CCTV at the Directorate of Integrated command Centre gave the court the movements of the car on September 19 2018 from morning to the next day.
  • •Michuki told Justice Grace Nzioka that he received a request from the DCI on September 24 for CCTV footage of car registration number KCA 031E.
Journalist Jacque Maribe and Jowie Irungu at Milimani court on November 26, 2019.

Jacque Maribe’s car was spotted around Kilimani near Yaya Centre on the day businesswoman Monica Kimani was allegedly murdered.

However, from the CCTV footage produced in court, the car was not captured near Lamuria Gardens where Kimani was killed.

Chief Inspector Fredrick Michuki, the officer-in-charge of CCTV at the Directorate of Integrated Command Centre, gave the court the movements of the car on September 19, 2018 from morning to the next day.

Michuki told Justice Grace Nzioka that he received a request from the DCI on September 24 for CCTV footage of car registration number KCA 031E.

Earlier on, a witness from NTSA had told the court that they also received a request to search the car and he confirmed that the car was registered under Maribe.

Michuki told the court that after going through their system they captured the movement of the vehicle and downloaded the data to a CD, which was handed over to the DCI.

He said the first time that the car is captured was on September 19 on Ngong Road,  Kilimani Road heading towards Yaya Centre at 8.09am. Twenty-one minutes later it is captured at Yaya Centre heading towards Ngong Road at around 8.28am.

The car is captured next on Langata Road coming from Langata Cemetery heading towards Galleria at 3.34pm, then it is on Magadi Road-Bomas junction towards Rongai town at 3.26pm.

At 3.44pm the car is captured again on Magadi Road coming from Rongai town heading towards Bomas of Kenya. Forty-three minutes later, the car is seen in Kilimani coming from Ngong Road heading towards Yaya Centre for the second time.

The next time that the car is captured is four minutes to midnight along Mbagathi Road heading towards T-Mall roundabout at 11.56pm.

At four minutes past midnight, the car is seen moving from T-Mall roundabout to Mbagathi Hospital, which was eight minutes later.

At 00.23am the car is again captured at State House Road near the University of Nairobi heading towards Uhuru Highway.

“Your honour, it's captured on Chiromo Road near Villa Rosa Kempisiki Westlands roundabout towards Museum Hill at 03.56am,” Michuki said.

A minute later the car is captured again on Uhuru Highway near Utalii House heading towards Kenyatta Avenue 03.57am.

At 4am the car is on Haile Selassie roundabout heading towards Bunyala Road then Langata Road near Kenol from Nyayo Stadium heading towards Madaraka.

The car is then captured at 7.51am on the morning of September 20 on Langata Road near the Bomas of Kenya.

Edited by Kiilu Damaris

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