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Woman stabbed to death in domestic attack in Kitale

Police said they are pursuing an assailant linked to the incident.

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by CYRUS OMBATI

News09 April 2025 - 14:30
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In Summary


    • The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations, detectives handling the matter said.
    • The motive of the attack is yet to be established, but police said they are following good leads to help in the arrest of the assailant.
    • The motive of the attack is yet to be established, but police said they are following good leads to help in the arrest of the assailant.
Detectives are pursuing an assailant in the murder of a woman in a domestic fight in Kitale Town.

Police said Faith Mukhwana succumbed to stab wounds at a hospital in the town after the attack at her home.

She died on April 7 at the ICU, where she had been admitted following the stabbing, police said.

Police said they are pursuing an assailant linked to the incident.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations, detectives handling the matter said.

The motive of the attack is yet to be established, but police said they are following good leads to help in the arrest of the assailant.

In Oyugis, Homabay, a 63-year-old man was found dead in an open field near his home.

Police were called to the scene and collected the body of John Caleb to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations following the April 7 incident.

In Langas, Eldoret, one Alex Madekwa, 70, was found dead in his rental house.

Police officers visited the scene and found the body with no visible injuries lying lifeless.

The body was moved to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue awaiting postmortem.

Elsewhere in Butere, Kakamega County, the body of one Wilson Andat, 24, was found on the roadside.

The cause of the death is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

In Lodwar, Turkana County, one Kooya Lokichar, 85, collapsed and died.

The cause of the death was not established, and the body was taken to a local mortuary pending autopsy.

In the same area, one Pauline Ambani collapsed and died at her rental house within the Kambi Mawe area.

The body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.

In Kitengela, Kajiado County, the body of a man was found on the roadside after he collapsed there.

Police said they were called to the scene after locals spotted the body.

The cause of the death was not immediately established, and the body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

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