A 54-year-old woman was found dead after she had been clobbered by her husband in an argument in Kibera, Nairobi.
Police said the body of the Ugandan national Agnes Wetunga was found on the bed after the murder on Sunday, February 2 night.
Her husband told police they had a domestic quarrel that turned physical and fatal.
This was after he hit her on the head in the altercation.
The body of the woman had a cut on the left side of the forehead and blood was oozing from the mouth.
The man was arrested as the body of the woman was moved to the Nairobi Funeral Home for postmortem and other investigations.
Police said they are investigating murder for now.
In Kibra, Nairobi, one Pamela Phoebe Otiende, 44 was electrocuted in a tragic incident.
She died as she tried to rescue her daughter who had also been electrocuted while hanging clothes on the cloth line in the Gatwekera area., police and witnesses said.
The daughter had been hit by the live wire that had been connected to the clothesline and screamed for help when the mother rushed to her rescue.
She was electrocuted in the process.
Both were rushed to Coptic Hospital where the mother was pronounced dead on arrival while the daughter was admitted in stable condition.
The deceased body was moved to the hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. Police say cases of electrocution are high in informal settlements.
Elsewhere in Kingeero, Kiambu County, one Rhoda Wanjiru, 55 collapsed and died in her house.
The woman was rushed to Wangige Level Five Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was moved to Kihara Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Police said they are yet to establish the cause of the death.
In Nyeri’s Wambugu Farm area within Ruringu area, one Mugure Wairimu died after she had collapsed.
She had also complained of severe chest pains.
She was rushed to Outspan Hospital Nyeri where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said an autopsy will tell more on the death.
