Judy Wangui Mungai and Michael Githae Mathenge were on Monday charged with the murder of 39-year-old Kiambu businesswoman Mary Wambui Kamangara in January.
The court heard that between January 26 and 27, jointly with others not before the court, at the Fourways Junction Estate on Kiambu-Nairobi road, they murdered Wambui.
The gruesome murder of Wambui, who was buried on Saturday last week at her husband’s rural home in Mweiga, Nyeri, shook the nation.
Her husband, Kori, had been initially arrested with Wangui, but later set free after police said there was no evidence linking him to the murder.
Wangui is alleged to have lured Wambui into her house before killing her by hitting her on the head nine times with a blunt object and later dumping her body in a dam in Juja.
Wangui is believed to be Wambui’s husband Joseph Kori’s lover while Mathenge is a car-hire businessman. They denied the charges before Kiambu High Court judge Christine Meoli.
Prosecution counsel Christine Ndombi opposed the duo’s application to be released on bond. The bond request hearing will be heard on March 18.