Kiambu Politician Arrested in Connection with Brutal Murder of Her Husband

Kiambu politician Gladys Chania has been arrested in connection to the brutal murder of her husband engineer George Mwangi. 

In a statement by DCI on Friday, October 14, Mr. Mwangi, who was a Rwanda-based contractor had returned to Kenya for a holiday before he was killed and his body dumped in Kieni Forest, Kiambu County. 

"As detectives investigating the murder most foul have gathered, George Mwangi of Double M International based in Kigali, Rwanda, 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.

"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," part of the statement read. 

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

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 8pm at Mwea Police Post in Gatundu North, Kiambu County, vide OB No. 18/11/10/2022." 

Casual labourers working in tea plantations discovered the deceased’s lifeless body that was wrapped in a polythene bag  on Wednesday, October 12, before informing authorities.