After missing her court date, Jacque Maribe becomes insolent. “Kwani mwili yangu ni matofali?”

Former Citizen TV news anchor Jacque Maribe was absent from a court hearing on Friday, January 26th, where the High Court was set to deliver judgment in Monica Kimani’s murder case. Maribe, through her lawyer, requested the court to postpone the delivery of her judgment, citing illness.

Justice Nzioka confirmed that the judgment was ready, and the verdict would be announced on March 15, 2024. Following the ruling, Maribe took to social media to share her reaction. On Instagram stories, she wrote, “To humiliate someone because of ill health is so wrong. And to make it clear, I have never missed court except once when I was ill.”

She added, “Kwani mwili yangu imejengwa na matofali? Hata that time I supposedly sought time to travel we were only being respectable enough to tell the court, and there was no due date interfering with that.”

In December, Maribe had expressed dissatisfaction with the court when the judgment was postponed to January 26th. She wrote on Instagram stories, “It needs to stop. For five years I have respected the court, but this is too much. Justice delayed is justice denied. Stop putting people’s lives in limbo. I’m tired of this.”