PSC denies appointing Jacque Maribe to top government job » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 14 – The Public Service Commission (PSC) has denied appointing Jacque Maribe to 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,” he said.

His sentiments follow an assertion by Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria 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 who was killed at her apartment in Nairobi’s Kilimani area in 2018.

Justice Grace Nzioka ruled 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.

While acknowledging Maribe’s culpability for providing false information to the police during the murder probe, Nzioka emphasized that she was not appropriately charged before the court.

Maribe’s ex-fiancé, Jowie, was found guilty of Monica’s murder and was handed the death sentence on March 13.

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