Popular Catholic Priest dies hours after lodging into hotel with Lover

The death of a 43-year-old Catholic priest was announced hours after he and his lover checked into the hotel.

On Sunday, local media revealed that the dead Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku, from St. Peters, a novelist, checked into the Mona Lisa Delphiu Hotel in Gatanga with his mistress, a 32-year-old woman identified as Ruth Nduhi on Saturday night. According to a police report, the woman informed the hotel management on Sunday morning that the cleric had become dizzy and lost consciousness.

Fearing for his health, they decided to drive him to Kinol Hospital in Muranga. However, unfortunate events continued to happen when Karaoke was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

His sudden disappearance aroused suspicion, prompting the authorities to launch an investigation into the circumstances of his death. “Forty-three-year-old Joseph Kariuki Wanjiko, a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Nairobi and a farmer from the Mango district, checked into the aforementioned hotel with his girlfriend, who also happened to be a colleague of his. He was working in a novel”

Then, at around 8 am this morning, the priest’s friend informed the hotel management that her boyfriend was dizzy and unconscious so they could take him to the hospital. They then took him to Kinnol Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was taken to the morgue of Mater Hospital, where the police opened an investigation to determine the cause of his death. –

Source; Punch newspapers.