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Murder suspect to be held for 10 days pending probe into woman’s murder

Joseph Kuria Irungu is escorted by detectives outside Kiambu Law Court yesterday after a miscellaneous application by the prosecution to have him detained pending investigations was upheld. [Kamau Maichuhie/Standard]

A man arrested after the murder of a woman in Nairobi will be detained for 10 days.

Joseph Kuria Irungu, who was on Tuesday arrested in connection with the murder of Monica Nyawira Kimani in her house in Kilimani, Nairobi, will remain in custody as police conduct investigations.

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