- A bloodstained kitchen knife was recovered within the sitting room and was kept as an exhibit.
- The woman was expected in court to face murder charges, police said of the December 18 incident.
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A woman was arrested after she allegedly stabbed and killed her husband in a domestic fight in the Jua Kali area of Makutano Township, West Pokot County.
The deceased was identified as Benjamin Tuko who was a caretaker of a house in the area.
Police said he and the wife had earlier been involved in a bitter argument over domestic issues before the suspect took a knife and stabbed him.
He was rushed to Kapenguria County Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
A bloodstained kitchen knife was recovered within the sitting room and was kept as an exhibit.
The woman was expected in court to face murder charges, police said of the December 18 incident.
Meanwhile, three people died separately after suicide.
The first incident was reported in the Embakasi Villa area.
The body of Wilson Mwangi was discovered in his house.
Police said he had hanged himself with a belt tied on the rooftop.
The motive for the December 20 incident was not immediately known.
Police said the body, which had no visible injury, was moved to the City mortuary awaiting post-mortem.
In Eldoret’s Naiberi area, the body of one Shadrack Korir aged 23 was found hanging from a water tank installation structure using a nylon rope in the home of one Paul Kiprop Kering where he worked as a gardener.
Police said they found an empty bottle of poison at the scene.
There was dry white foam oozing from his mouth, and the body had bruises on both arms and the left side of the face.
No suicide note was found at the scene and the motive is yet to be known.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
In Tala, Matungulu, Machakos, the body of one Chris Mutuku Mwaka, 36 was found dangling from an acacia tree with a nylon rope tied around his neck.
A suicide note was recovered indicating how the deceased had joined a cult in the area that encouraged him to die by suicide.
Occultism is one of the leading causes of suicide in the area, police say. An investigation has been opened into the claims.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.