Former Citizen TV anchor Jacque Maribe has been acquitted in the murder of Nairobi businesswoman Monica Kimani.

While delivering her judgement on Friday, Lady Justice Grace Nzioka noted that there was no concrete evidence to prove that the former news anchor was involved in the murder which occurred in the September 19, 2018 incident.

Maribe had been charged alongside her former boyfriend Joshua Irungu alias Jowie who was found guilty of the offence.

Monica Kimani was found murdered at her apartment in Nairobi in September 2018. The businesswoman had just arrived in the country from South Sudan before she was found murdered in her bathtub.

After investigations were launched into the matter, police arrested Jowie with police accusing the security personnel of murdering the businesswoman.

According to the police, Jowie was among the last people to be with the businesswoman in her apartment.

10 days after the murder incident, Maribe was arrested by police, with the former journalist accused of taking part in the murder.

35 witnesses testified in the case that has been in court for over five years

Prosecution Accusations Against Maribe

She was in the vicinity of the commission of the murder.

The vehicle used in the commission of the offence was hers.

She aided and abetted the first accused person (Jowie) by providing the car.

She switched off her phone at the time of the murder.

She gave police false information regarding a shootout involving Jowie to mislead police investigations.

She was aware of the destruction of evidence which would have been used in the murder case. 

"It is the finding of the court that the second accused person's statement made on the gun shooting was false," the judge ruled.