Nairobi, April 14 -- In a hushed court, Justice Joel Ngugi on Friday sentenced former Riruta Ward Rep Samuel Ndung'u and his co-accused Wilson Mwangi and Joyce Njambi to a total of 90 years in jail. Each got 30 years.

Ndung'u, estranged husband to the late Lucy Njambi had hired Mwangi and Joyce Njambi to kill his wife who was then aged 24 after they had separated over marital problems.

The accused looked vulnerable and reflective when they appeared before Kiambu High Court for sentencing barely two weeks after the court read the judgment to them that placed them at the centre of the murder of Ms Njambi.

It was the end of a case that has been ongoing since 2018 and in sentencing them, the Judge said the accused deserved the ruthlessness...