Joseph Irungu, the man who is at the center of the heinous murder of Monica Kimani two weeks ago could have dropped out of school in form one as records of his education after that cannot be traced.
The 28-year-old, spent only one year at Langalanga Secondary, Nakuru’s leading day school.
“According to admission book in the school, Mr Irungu joined Form One in 2006 and left in 2007. He did not write his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) at Langalanga,” said a teacher at the school who did not want to go on record as she is not the spokesperson of the school.
She said the Form One admission documents indicate that he was a pupil at Carol Academy situated in Race-track estate where he did his Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE).
At Langalanga Secondary School, teachers said they were unable to trace his whereabouts after he left the school in 2007.
“We were unable to establish whether he continued with his secondary school education or he dropped out after he left Langalanga Secondary School in 2006.” She said since he only stayed for one year, it was hard to know his character and behaviour.
“Form Ones are cheeky and it takes time to learn their true characters and in his case it was tricky as he left after one year.”
A teacher at Carol Academy confirmed that Mr Irungu was indeed their pupil and did his KCPE in 2005. “He joined Carol Academy at Class Five. Teachers in school were surprised to see his photograph in the newspaper as a murder suspect,” said a teacher at the school.
She said Mr Irungu was good pupil and an entertainer during the school extra curriculum activities.“He was one of the school best entertainer. How he changed his character and behaviour is still a mystery to most of the teachers who handled him,” said the teacher.
“He was one of the school best entertainer. How he changed his character and behaviour is still a mystery to most of the teachers who handled him,” said the teacher.
Jowi is the second-born in a family of two boys and two girls. He was a founder member of church choir Agape Stormers, a band that entertained revellers in Naivasha and Nakuru towns, where he was born and brought up.
His behaviour change has shocked those who knew him as a religious man and now some of his teachers have turned the murder case facing him into a lesson.