Jowie is the prime suspect in the murder of businesswoman Monicah Kimani, who was discovered dead in her posh apartment in Kilimani.
Monicah was dumped in her bathtub, hands bound, mouth taped shut and throat slit, ear to ear.
Jowie and Jacque Maribe were charged for the murder. Jacque was granted bail but Jowie was denied.
Justice James Wakiaga explained that the reason he couldn' grant Jowie bail included that fact that he was a flight risk.
Adding:
“The picture that emerges from the prosecution’s evidence as set out hereinabove, and that the bail report of the accused, is that he is a male version of slaying queen. Which for lack of better terminology, I will call a woman-eater.”
Now, Jowie through his lawyers has come out fighting to shake off the tag of being a “woman eater”.
“Indeed the judge used the most uncouth, derogatory and injudicious language against me as being a male version of a slay queen,” Jowie wrote.
"By describing me as a woman-eater, the judge abused his position and compounded the female gender to be nothing less than items to be eaten which is quite foul, degrading coming from a sitting judge.”
In a letter to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Jowie accuses the judge of robbing him of his innocence by describing him as a “woman eater”.
“The judge has already taken away my right of innocence until proven guilty, stripped me of my dignity, respect and my right to societal standing,” says Jowie.
Jowi went on to say, “In the words of the judge, I am a hopeless person who depends on women for sex and kills them if I must. In his mind, the judge is already convinced, believes and has pre-empted my guilt, awaiting conviction and sentence,” he adds.
In the letter, Jowie "submits that disciplinary action is taken against him including finding that he is not fit to serve as a judge of the High Court so that a process for his removal be undertaken to rid the Judiciary of personnel such as him who bring the institution into disrepute…”.
Justice James Wakiaga in his bail ruling said material placed before the court had indicated Jowie being a person with specialised security training and having to handle various guns, he would pause a risk by creating fear and intimidating witnesses.
Wakiaga said prosecution had positively placed Jowie at the scene of the murder and in an attempt to tamper with evidence tried to destroy some of the key exhibits placed against him.
He said Jowie had also self-inflicted a wound on himself by attempting to commit suicide and that was an indication that his life is in danger and needed protective custody under proper police supervision.
"This court therefore orders that the 1st accused person remains in custody for the period of his trial and must be accorded proper treatment," Wakiaga said.
