A woman was found dead in her house after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Gatina area, Nairobi.
The Rwandan woman identified as Arlene
Mukashyaka, 31 was found on a seat long after the incident had happened.
Her Kenyan husband was away at the
time of the incident. Police said left overs of food was found on the table and
cooked beans on a charcoal jiko.
It is suspected she died out of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Sunday incident.
Carbon monoxide is regarded as a silent killer. A burning jiko emits carbon monoxide, which is deadly. Carbon monoxide poisoning is more likely to occur when people are asleep.
The team also wants to establish if the officer died from carbon monoxide poisoning or it was set there.
Carbon monoxide poisoning, always referred to as ‘the silent killer’, happens when the toxic odourless gases emitted from burning wood or charcoal mix with blood and affect oxygen circulation in the body.
When one breathes in carbon monoxide, it enters the blood, mixes with the red
blood cells' haemoglobin to form poisonous carboxyhaemoglobin that prevents
blood from transporting oxygen.
Officials warn against the use of jiko in poorly ventilated places.
Elsehwhere, a 30-year-old man was found dead after he had been assaulted by his relatives in a domestic fight in a village in Songoliet, Nandi County.
Two of the relatives were also injured in the clash caused by a domestic
fight, police said.
It is not clear what triggered the fight.
Police said they were called and informed of the incident after the body
of Markson Kipkurgat was found in a thicket in the area.
The body had multiple injuries in the head and was taken to the local
hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police suspect the deceased was attacked out of revenge.
The matter is
under probe, police said adding they were waiting for the injured relatives to
recover from the injuries before they are grilled as part of the probe into the
murder.
In Machakos’
Kyumbi area, police are investigating murder after a man was found dead on the
Mombasa highway.
The man
identified as John Mutisya Mutuku, 21 was earlier reported to have gone missing
in a private ranch which is in the area.
This happened on October 12, 2025. He was found unconscious on the highway and rushed to the hospital where he died on October 19, 2025.
Police said they are interrogating
the ranch management as part of the probe into the murder.
In Rioma, Kisii
County, one Brian Obae, 27 died in hospital after he had been dropped there by
unknown people.
The body had
wounds on the head and blood was oozing from the mouth and nose.
Police said
they are investigating murder in the incident.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
