JENNIFER WANJIRU NG'ANG'A AKA MAMA FLORA AKA MAMA MWANGI AKA MAMA KABIRI V. REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

September 11, 2011 is a date that the residents of Gitambaya Village in Ruiru District of Kiambu County would sooner forget but may not soon forget. That is a day of darkness, tears and infamy. This is because some eight villagers, all of whom had visited and imbibed various amounts of changaa, an alcoholic brew at a local pub popularly, if ominously, named “Mtongwe Bar” and more ambitiously referred to as “Kings Pub” as well, succumbed to death after complaining of excruciating stomach, chest and whole-body pain. Some suffered blurred vision, vomiting and diarrhea before giving up their ghost. Some other happy revelers were lucky enough to escape death, but barely, and they lived to tell their tale of agony of the adulterated and toxic brew they had consumed that had claimed the eight.

Following police investigations, the appellant Jennifer Wanjiru Nganga, who was also popularly known as ‘Mama Flora’ and ‘Mama Mwangi’ as well as ‘Mama Kabiri’ was arrested and char…