The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday denied appointing Jacque Maribe as the head of communications at the Public Service Ministry.
In a statement, PSC Chairperson Anthony Muchiri indicated that “no such appointment has been made nor has a request to employ her been received by the board.”
“For the record, the said position will be filled through a competitive recruitment process should a vacancy arise.”
This comes shortly after the Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria affirmed that “it is true, except that I am not the one who appointed her but the Public Service Commission.”
Maribe, who had been charged alongside her former fiancé Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie, was acquitted of the murder of the businesswoman Monica Kimani.
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In her ruling, Justice Grace Nzioka said that there was insufficient evidence linking Maribe to the murder, emphasizing that the prosecution had failed to provide substantial proof of her involvement in the crime.
"There was no evidence that she had ever communicated with the deceased. The evidence that the prosecution has brought before this court on the second accused person relates to events of September 20, 2018, and that is the shooting incident," noted Justice Nzioka.
Maribe’s ex-fiancé, Jowie, was found guilty of Monica’s murder and was handed the death sentence on March 13.
