Joel Mogaka.
Details have emerged of how a pastor s wife was killed in Kisii last Thursday. Hilda Nyakwara s husband, Joel Mogaka, is one of the suspects in custody in connection to the murder. The other is a taxi driver. Yesterday, lead investigating officer William Bonuka presented the Seventh Day Adventist church pastor and his co-accused before Ogembo Chief Magistrate Denis Mikoyan.
An investigating officer who is privy to the investigation told
The Standard that Hilda, a teacher at Bombaba Secondary School, had requested that they part and share the cost of their children’s upbringing. However, Mogaka is said to have insisted on having the two go through a legal process in ending their marriage. On the fateful day, three men reportedly arrived at their home, accosted Hilda and took her to the cereals store.
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Pastor Joel Mogaka, walks to Ogembo Law Courts over the murder of his wife on January 18. [Erick Abuga, Standard]
Details have emerged of how a pastor s wife was killed in Kisii last Thursday.
Hilda Nyakwara s husband, Joel Mogaka, is one of the suspects in custody in connection to the murder. The other is a taxi driver.
Yesterday, lead investigating officer William Bonuka presented the Seventh Day Adventist church pastor and his co-accused before Ogembo Chief Magistrate Denis Mikoyan.
An investigating officer who is privy to the investigation told The Standard that Hilda, a teacher at Bombaba Secondary School, had requested that they part and share the cost of their children’s upbringing.
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Pastor Joel Mogaka, a suspect in the murder of Hilda Nyakwara.
Joel Mogaka, the Seventh Day Adventist Church Pastor who was arrested on Friday morning in Kisii over the murder of his wife will be remain in custody for three more days.
The investigating officers Corporal William Bonuka filed a miscellaneous application before Ogembo Law Courts Chief Magistrate Denis Mikoyan to have the suspect detained for 14 days to allow DCI carry out further investigations.
Mogaka appeared in Court alongside his other accomplice; Fredrick Obure.
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The Magistrate ordered that the suspects be taken for mental assessment and appear in Court on Friday.