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Kiambu politician arrested over the murder of husband


DCI arrests politician suspected of murdering husband

Politician Gladys Chania has been arrested over the alleged murder of her husband George Mwangi, a Rwanda-based contractor.

In a statement, DCI detailed Mr Mwangi’s last moments when he was brutally murdered in his own bedroom.

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DCI investigators in the house of politician Gladys Chania

The 58-year-old husband and father of three who had returned home on September 13, 2022, was killed in cold blood hours before his return flight from Kigali.

His body was dumped in Kieni forest, Kiambu county.

Detectives claim that Mr Mwangi was killed following a love affair involving him and his mistress identified as Lucy Muthoni, a secretary at a local school.

The deceased’s wife Gladys Chania, a Kiambu-based politician who unsuccessfully vied for the Kiambu Woman Rep position in the last elections has been identified as the main suspect behind the murder.

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Kiambu TNA coordinator Ms Gladys Chania (right) address journalist after gracing an free eye clinic organised by the Kikuyu PCEA Kikuyu eye hospital at Word of Faith Church grounds in Limuru, Kiambu on May 26, 2016 where she denied being suspended by the party over allegations of abuse on office,
The party Secretary General Onyango Oloo also said that they had not suspended Ms Chania who has already announced that she will vie for the Kiambu Women Rep seat in the next elections. PHOTO: ERIC WAINAINA

Detectives based at the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and the Homicide department who are currently combing the scene of the murder, have recovered some of the murder weapons used to kill the Rwanda-based engineer hidden in the master bedroom, the primary scene of the murder.

The sleuths have also recovered blood-soaked bed sheets, curtains and clothes hidden in a locked room adjacent to the master bedroom.

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DCI investigators in the house of politician Gladys Chania

Forensic experts based at the Crime Scene Investigations unit have also detected blood splatter patterns on the bedroom walls, wardrobe and along the stairway indicating that the father of three was killed in the house before his body was dumped kilometres away.

George Mwangi was reported missing by his wife Gladys Chania, on October 11, 2022, at 8 pm at Mwea Police Post in Gatundu North, Kiambu County, vide OB No. 18/11/10/2022.

Casual labourers working in tea plantations located in Kamunyaka discovered the deceased’s lifeless body which was wrapped in a polythene bag and covered under a heap of cartons on Wednesday, October 12, before informing the area chief who reported the discovery to authorities.

 

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