A Laikipia-based rancher Lucy Wambui Jennings has died in hospital after she was shot by gunmen in the area.
The family and police said she succumbed to gunshot wounds in hospital on Thursday following the Sunday, January 21 incident.
Her brother Njihia Mbugua said the deceased had been receiving treatment while at the hospital's ICU, but her condition worsened in the wee hours of Thursday, when she breathed her last.
Police are holding at least six suspects in connection with the shooting of the rancher.
She ran the Jennings Farm in Laikipia.
She had been shot in the head and arm by suspected bandits as she headed for church.
Police said an operation in the area led to the arrest of the six as the hunt for more suspects continues.
On Monday, Laikipia West subcounty police commander Benjamin Muhia said more personnel are on the ground trailing the attackers.
He said police recovered at least 12 spent cartridges at the scene of the shooting.
Muhia added the investigators want to establish the motive of the attack on Jennings.
The 50-year-old rancher was waylaid by the assailants as she was shot in the back of her head and her arm.
She was rushed to Rumuruti subcounty hospital and later moved to Pope Benedict XVI Hospital in Nyahururu where she succumbed days later.
Locals said there has been an increase in attacks in the past weeks and called on security agencies to enhance operations to tame the trend.
