State wants parents of slain lecturer ‘killed by boyfriend’ to testify in murder trial

The late Irene Jepchumba, the Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology tutor, drowned at River Molo in Rongai, Nakuru. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard, Courtesy]

State has applied for parents of a lecturer who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend in 2018 to testify in her murder trial.

State counsel Jamsumba Onyango told Justice Joel Ngugi on May 26, that Richard Kimuge and Dr Monicah Boitt would be witnesses. Onyango said the duo would shed light on the contents of a funeral programme indicating Irene Jepchumba, the former Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology lecturer died in an accident.