Patrick Kioko, the man who murdered his girlfriend at a pizza shop in Kitengela claims that he stabbed her to death for choosing his boss over him.
He reportedly confessed to detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations that the girlfriend, Gertrude Wayua Mutiso, was allegedly seeing on of their managers at Pizza Inn Kitengela months after breaking up with him.
He told detectives that he had been in a relationship with Wayua since their days at Kimathi University in Nyeri. However, five months ago, she had dumped him for being a stammer.
He told the police that he felt overwhelmed by emotions after learning that Wayua had moved on and was dating one of their bosses. “This is a woman l loved so much. I am even the one who deflowered her. After l learnt of her new relationship at our workplace it hurt me more,” he said.
Before the murder, Kioko had threatened Wayua several times before he finally stormed the eatery and stabbed her five times. He was off duty during the 8:30 pm incident.
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Wayua is said to have reported the threats to her father who is a senior police officer in Kiambu hours before she was murdered by Kioko.
“She had called her father in distress and reported to him about the threats. His father informed her that he would come and have a dialogue with Kioko. However it was unfortunate since he killed the deceased before his arrival,” police said.
