25 dead in a week as disputes turn tragic

At least 25 people have been killed across the country in the last one week, according to police records.

Among those killed is a 10-year old girl who is suspected to have been murdered by her mother in Kangundo for refusing to go to school.

The youngest suspect arrested by police is a 12-year-old boy who is suspected to have killed his grandfather in Namanjalala farm in Maili Saba Trans Nzoia on Monday morning.

Joseph Mulati, 43, was found dead in his house with a stab wound in the chest. “It was established that the previous day the deceased quarreled with his grandson namely Simon Nyongesa aged 12. The suspect was arrested,” police said.

Records  indicate that at least 15 other people were killed by mobs that also left 30 others injured in separate incidents.

Marital disputes

There is an increase in suicide cases with records showing that at least 25 other people have died by suicide over the same period. The youngest to commit suicide is aged 18 while the oldest is 70.

Some of them are said to have killed themselves following marital disputes while a woman ended her life after she failed to repay a loan.

In the Kagundo case, police are investigating the death of Angela Ndolo whose body was found in their house on Sunday midnight at Matithini Kivaani area.

Police said they suspect her mother to be the killer. According to police, the girl had had an altercation with her parents over claims she refused to go to school.

“The girl was found with multiple injuries. Detectives recovered a blood stained panga, spear, a T-shirt and stick. We have crucial evidence and leads,” police said.

The girl had escaped from the family house and went to seek refuge at her grandparents’ house in the same area.

Bar brawl

Records also indicate that at least three people have been killed over suspected love triangle.

On Monday in Changamwe, Mombasa, Evans Katuti stabbed his girlfriend Ann Kambu to death after he found her with an unknown man. He later surrendered to the police.

The same day in Buuri, Meru, Janice Kendi, a bar attendant, disagreed with a patron and stabbed him in the neck.  The victim, Davis Bundi was rushed to Meru Level V hospital where he was pronounced dead.

On Sunday, Serah Njenga aged 45 was reportedly stabbed to death by her husband, Njuguna Kirobi in Naivasha.

 Police are also looking for a suspect who hit a man using a rungu to death on Monday following a dispute over space at a video shop in Ongata Ronga town.

At least seven people were killed on Sunday across the country. In Mwingi, the body of Muvengi Kivou, 74, was found behind his house with multiple cut wounds.

Another woman was on Friday last week arrested after his lover died while undergoing treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).