Family dispute or a deal gone sour may have caused gruesome murder of NLC top officer Jennifer Wambua

Detectives are investigating the possibility of a family dispute or a deal gone sour in the gruesome murder of senior National Land Commissions (NLC) Deputy Director of Communication Jennifer Wambua.

NLC Chairman Gershom Otachi has mourned Ms Wambua, saying: “On behalf of the commission, I wish to send our heartfelt condolences to the husband, children, family and friends of the late Jenniffer Wambua.”  

Ms Wambua’s body was discovered in Ngong Forest and taken to the City Mortuary on Saturday, a day after she went missing from her workplace hours after her husband had dropped her.

But it was not until Monday that it was identified by her husband, Joseph Komu.

The Homicide and Crime Scene Investigations  detectives from the DCI headquarters yesterday visited the scene in what is commonly referred to as scene re-enactment in a bid to establish the route and weapons used by Ms Wambua’s murderers and to recover any exhibits. All these were documented.

According to preliminary reports, the deceased knew some people were after her life but neither reported to the police nor any close confidant.

Detectives have now broadened the scope of the probe to include possible family angle or a deal gone sour.

“From the preliminary investigations, the deceased knew she was living on borrowed time, but she never reported to the police nor confided in a close relative,” a senior detective said. 

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