More suspects charged with murder of Kiru Boys principal

The former Ichachiri Principal Ms Jane Muthoni Mucheru with her lawyer Cliff Ombetta at Kiambu High Court. PHOTO:BONIFACE GIKANDI

Two more suspects were yesterday arraigned in court in connection with the brutal murder of Kiru Boys High School principal.

The two, Isaac Ng'ang'a and Joseph Kariuki Njuguna, were arraigned before Justice Joel Ngugi in Kiambu who remanded them in custody.

Ng'ang'a denied murdering Solomon Mbuthi between November 6 and November 11 at a coffee plantation in Juja area.

Ng'ang'a is reported to have been arrested wearing the late Mbuthi's pair of shoes, according to the prosecution.

The late Mbuthi's wife, Jane Muthoni Mucheru, was charged with the offence of murdering her husband three weeks ago in Murang'a, before the matter was transferred to Kiambu after a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Njuguna failed to take a plea due to lack of a lawyer and requested to be kept away from his co-accused, citing fear for his life. The court ordered he be held at the Naivasha GK Prison.

Police have launched a hunt for a fourth suspect believed to be a technical institute lecturer following a court order.

Njuguna is expected to take a plea on December 28.

In a further ruling, the court ordered the prosecution led by Catherine Mwaniki to list down witnesses they have labelled as vulnerable to enable them give evidence on two consecutive days.