Regina Re detained for 10 days after mother’s suspicious death
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
A Nairobi court authorised the 10-day detention of former Kenyan presenter Regina Wambui Gitao, known as Regina Re, and three relatives. Investigators suspect murder after her mother, Dorita Lasinder Macharia, was found dead with injuries, according to statements by their lawyer and the court ruling.
A Nairobi court on Monday 2 November authorised the 10-day detention of Regina Wambui Gitao, known as Regina Re, and three members of her family. Police want to question them as part of an investigation into the suspicious death of her mother, Dorita Lasinder Macharia, 86, reports Tuko.
Macharia was found dead on Friday 30 October at her home in Loresho, in Nairobi, with visible injuries and blood in the house. The family’s lawyer, Philip Murgor, described circumstances that did not appear natural. Police from Gigiri police station opened an investigation into suspected murder.
Regina Re became known as the presenter of the Kenyan television programme “Who’s Smarter Now”. Before Monday’s hearing, six people had been arrested as part of the investigation, according to Tuko.
