A man has surrendered to police in Nairobi saying he killed his pregnant wife over infidelity claims.
Martin Wekesa, 35, walked to Makongeni police station, Nairobi, on Sunday evening and said he killed Nasmuyu, 22, after kicking her in the belly.
The incident happened on September 9 in Garissa town where the couple lived.
He told police he and the deceased argued after he realised she was six months pregnant and he was not responsible for it.
It was then that he kicked her in the belly, and she started bleeding from the mouth.
She died in the house before Wekesa fled to Nairobi where he surrendered to the police.
Police drove him back to Garissa Monday where he is likely to face interrogation and subsequent prosecution.
The team planned to visit his house in Bula Mzuri area for the possible recovery of Nasmuyu's body.
Police said they plan to take him for psychiatric tests before his arraignment.
In Eastleigh, Nairobi, a water bowser driver was stabbed to death in a fight over the control of supply routes.
Abdilatif Hassan Barre, 51 had driven his lorry to an apartment and was preparing to drain water therein when he was confronted by another group that also supplies the commodity prompting a fight.
It was then that Barre was stabbed and died on the spot.
The attacker who is known in the area is being sought to face probe and charges over the Sunday night incident.
Elsewhere, a night guard was stabbed to death in an incident in Dagorreti, Nairobi.
The guard’s body was found lying along a road near his place of work.
Police said he had stab wounds in the neck and that the assailant is known and is on the run.
A team of police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary for autopsy as the hunt for the suspect goes on.
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
