Detectives are investigating the murder of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found in her house in the Biafra area, Thika, Kiambu County.
The killing of 23-year-old Seth Nyakio Njeri is the latest brutal manifestation of extreme violence against women in the country, police said.
Njeri is believed to have been killed on Monday, October 14 or Sunday, October 13 night by an unknown assailant.
Detectives are pursuing the matter.
Her distraught relatives say the Zetech University graduate left their home in Kamakis on Saturday in a jovial mood.
Her mother, Lucy Njeri, a nominated Member of the County Assembly (MCA) in Kirinyaga County said her only daughter was in high spirits on the fateful day.