A 26-year-old woman has been arrested in Kebirigo sub-location, Nyamira county, on suspicion of throwing her aborted infant into a pit latrine.
Confirming the incident, Nyamira South subcounty police commander Moses Kirong said the suspect, M M, was arrested by police after a phone call from Kebirigo assistant chief Jackline Bware.
Bware informed him that they had rescued an infant from a pit latrine in one of the homes in her area of jurisdiction.
“When I received a phone call...our team of officers went to the homestead and found members of the public who had identified the suspect, M M, who was trying to procure an abortion of a 28-week-old foetus...,” Kirong said.
The officer said after interrogation, the suspect accepted that the infant rescued from the pit latrine was hers. Unfortunately, it died a few minutes after it was rescued.
Bware said the detained woman hails from Riakimai Bosamaro location in Nyamira and had visited her sister on Friday last week.
“We suspect she ran away from her matrimonial home in Riakimai Bosamaro to come and terminate the pregnancy at the sister’s place,” the assistant chief said.
The suspect will be arraigned at the Nyamira law courts to be charged with an attempt to procure an abortion.
The remains of the infant were taken to Nyamira Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
