EX-Journalist Jailed For Killing Wife 10 Years Ago Released
Moses Dola was convicted of killing his wife, Sarah Wambui Kabiru, at their house in Umoja, Nairobi. Wambui was also a journalist, working for NTV when she died.
His release comes after High Court Judge Alexander Muteti granted his motion for a sentence review and reduction.
Moses Dola set free after serving a 10-year prison sentence for killing his wife, journalist Sarah Wambui Kabiru in 2011 pic.twitter.com/BLScaOGziV
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 6, 2025
In a virtual ruling, the jail administration was directed to immediately release the former reporter unless there were legal reasons to keep him incarcerated.
This new court judgment was a success for Dola, who had previously had her request for a sentence reduction dismissed.
The former TV reporter requested that the court include the time he spent in custody as part of his 10-year sentence.
According to his estimates, given all conditions, he should have been released in November 2023 rather than 2025.
@AfUncensored #TheLastDoor goes back to a heartbreaking death from 2011. Moses Otieno Dola and Sarah Wambui Kabiru, two journalists who met at work and fell in love had a fight one Sunday morning in May 2011. Only Dola emerged alive. In 2018 he was sent to prison for manslaughter… pic.twitter.com/972uGQZIN7
— John-Allan Namu (@johnallannamu) March 14, 2024
Dola was arrested in May 2011 and served 627 days in prison while awaiting trial. He was then granted KSh 1 million cash bail to ensure his temporary release.
Initially charged with murder, the court lowered the charge to manslaughter and sentenced him to ten years in jail in November 2018.
Three more episodes left in season 2 of #TheLastDoor, beginning with this story: May 1st 2011 – Dola’s version: Wambui Kabiru and Moses Dola spend a lazy morning together as they plan to go for a party later on. Dola, a closet DJ, goes into their living room to play some of his… pic.twitter.com/B0BSq6X2Jc
— John-Allan Namu (@johnallannamu) March 16, 2024
At the time, Judge Roselyne Korir ordered that Dola’s release restrictions be cancelled because the journalist was the stronger party in the domestic quarrel that resulted in Sarah Wambui’s murder.
Dola’s life took a severe turn for the worse in 2011, when, according to his testimony, he accidentally killed his wife during a domestic fight about music volume.
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He told the court that on May 1, 2011, he and his late wife had a dispute that turned physical.
During the scuffle, his wife was fatally injured after striking her head on the bed. Dola referred to the incident as a “split-second event.”
“She hit her head on the bed, but because we fell on the mattress, I did not realise that she was injured,” he testified.
According to Dola, his wife’s last words were, “Ona umeniumiza” (See, you have hurt me).
EX-Journalist Jailed For Killing Wife 10 Years Ago Released
