Robert Waliaula Kinisu, convicted of the May 2021 murder of businesswoman Jacqueline Ngina Kitheka in Mtwapa, Kilifi County, is seeking a second chance in the Court of Appeal to overturn his life sentence.

• Waliaula's conviction was based on circumstantial evidence, including the disposal of the victim's household items, which were traced to a shylock and his former girlfriend.
• The appeal hinges on the argument that the cause of Ms Kitheka's death was never conclusively established due to the advanced decomposition of her body.
• This is Waliaula's second attempt to overturn a murder conviction, having been previously acquitted on appeal for another killing in 2019.