Former news anchor Esther Arunga will know her fate on Thursday when she is sentenced by a court, after admitting to lying in order to protect her husband over their son's murder.

Esther was a household name on our screens and below are some of the things you did not know about her.

8. Esther Arunga was set to marry Wilson Malaba in April 2010 but things went south.The two broke up two months to their wedding.

9. In June 2014, the couple's eldest son died after an apparent accident at their home .In September of that year her husband was charged with the murder of the child, to which he subsequently pleaded not guilty in court.