This archive report was first published on 10 July 2020.
Published on July 10, 2020, a 29-year-old woman accused of murdering her lover in Umoja, Nairobi, has been granted bail.
According to reports, Vigilance Shighi was charged with the murder of aeronautical engineer Edward Okello on May 2, 2020. She denied the allegations on June 9, 2020.
Shighi, 29, is accused of fatally injuring Okello during a fight at their rented house in Umoja. Okello succumbed to his injuries at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Kayole, where he was rushed after the incident.
He had three stab wounds on the chest and abdomen inflicted with a knife. The suspect was arrested moments after the incident and has been in police custody since.
Shighi applied for bail and bond on June 24, 2020, through her lawyers, Mwangi Kihira and Brian Ongánya. She dismissed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations' claims that she might interfere with prosecution witnesses.
Shighi stated in her affidavit that she had no prospects of jumping bail since she had her siblings and ageing parents to look after. She was released on a Sh1 million bond with a surety of similar amount and an alternative cash bail of Sh500,000 by Justice Luka Kimaru.
