Kenyan Woman Accused of Killing Dutch Husband is Also Married to Deceased's Brother, Court Told

A case in which Kenyan woman Riziki Cherono is charged with the murder of her Dutch husband Herman Rouwenhorst has taken a fresh twist.

This is after it emerged that Cherono was also married to the tycoon's brother identified as William Rouwenhorst, according to documents filed at Mombasa High Court.

In a sworn affidavit produced before Justice Ann Ong’injo, detective Ruben Mwaniki revealed that Cherono planned, procured and facilitated the perpetrators, who killed her husband at their apartment in Shanzu, Mombasa on June 4th.

"The respondent claims to have been married to the deceased (Herman) but we have established through a marriage certificate that she was the wife to William Rouwenhorst, a brother to the deceased. They sired a child with the said brother of the deceased,” said Mwaniki.

Mwaniki also produced a marriage certificate to prove that Cherono was married to Herman's brother William. He also provided a birth certificate of a child Cherono allegedly had with William.

Cherono also sired two children with the late Herman. The two children have been lined up as prosecution
witnesses in the case.

“Since the arrest of her accomplices, we have received evidence that the respondent authored the crime by planning, procuring and facilitating the perpetrators for her own benefit,” said Mwaniki.

The said accomplices include Cherono’s former employee Mary Nekesa Ambani (33) and Timothy Omondi Ngoe alias Rashi (22).

“The accused person gave a key to the perpetrators to access the house on the material date when the murder was executed. The accused was persistent when the murder was not committed on two previous occasions,” said Mwaniki.

55-year-old Rouwenhourst and his guard Evans Bokoro (23) were found brutally murdered at the tycoon’s Rocco apartments in Shanzu. Rouwenhourst’s body was found on his matrimonial bed with injuries on the head, hands, and legs tied and mouth gagged.

On Thursday, Cherono pleaded not guilty to charges of killing Herman and his security guard Evans Pole Boroko, saying she was just a scapegoat to save the face of investigators. The case is set for pre-trial on August 16th.