A woman in Nyandiwa, Homa Bay County, was stabbed and killed
in a domestic fight.
The deceased was identified as Judith Adhiambo. The known
assailant escaped the scene of the murder on May 7 at dawn.
The two had been in a house when neighbours heard quarrels
and screams before Adhiambo rushed out with a stab wound in the chest.
The woman told the neighbours, as she was being taken to the hospital, that the boyfriend accused her of promiscuity.
She was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
The woman had been stabbed with a sharp object that was not
recovered at the scene, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and
probe.
Police said they are hunting for the suspect and told him to
surrender for processing.
In Kyuso, Kitui County, detectives are investigating the
murder of a 16-year-old boy in Mwingi Game Reserve.
The boy is said to have been grazing cattle in the game
reserve when he went missing for hours.
His body was later found lying in a pool of blood with deep
cuts to the head and neck.
Police said the wounds were occasioned by a panga, and the
body was removed to Kyuso sub-county hospital mortuary, awaiting autopsy.
The motive of the killing is yet to be known. Police plan to talk to the game reserve managers as part of the probe into the murder.
Elsewhere, a boda boda rider was hacked to death before being
robbed of his motorcycle in an attack in Lodwar, Turkana County.
Police said Samuel Lootin had been called on his mobile
phone by a client who asked to be picked up in the Kwalase area.
After picking the said client, he turned out to be a robber
and assaulted him using a panga on the head, cheek and back.
He fatally injured him before escaping with the motorcycle
to an unknown destination.
Locals responded to the scene and picked the victim up to a
local hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
Police said no arrest has been made in connection with the
May 7 incident.
A hunt for the assailant in the robbery and murder incident
is ongoing, police said.
The body was moved to Lodwar County Referral Hospital
mortuary pending an autopsy
