This archive report was first published on 11 November 2021.
On November 11, 2021, Justice Lucy Njuguna sentenced Michael Muthini to 30 years in prison for the murder of Father Michael Kyengo.
Muthini, a college student, had confessed to hacking the priest to death in 2019.
According to the court, Muthini had been charged with murdering Fr Kyengo on the night of October 8 and 9, 2019, at Makima location in Mbeere South.
During the trial, Muthini revealed that he had slashed the priest's neck with a panga, killing him on the spot, before stashing the body in a plastic bag.
He then put the body in the boot of a car and took it to the banks of Mashamba seasonal river at Makima in Embu County, and buried it in a shallow grave.
Justice Njuguna noted that Muthini's actions were not justified, stating, 'If Muthini had been offended, he ought to have taken legal action. Instead, Muthini took the law into his hands and a life was lost.'
