A man stabbed and killed his expectant wife in a domestic feud in Komarock, Nairobi County.
The body of Najma Ali Mohamed, 20 was on December 20 found lying at the entrance of her house after she had been stabbed in the stomach and back in a confrontation.
Her husband was later arrested for grilling for murder, police said.
She was six months pregnant. Witnesses and police said the couple had quarreled in their house over money issues before the woman tried to pick a kitchen knife and threatened the husband.
The husband then grabbed the weapon from her and used it to stab her fatally.
Her body was found lying in a pool of blood by her brother who tried to rescue her in vain. Police arrived at the scene and picked up the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
The killer weapon was also recovered at the scene, police said.
The husband was on Monday December 22 expected in court to face murder charges, police said.
Such domestic murder incidents have been on the rise in homes amid calls on parties to solve them amicably. Some of the incidents are pending in courts, officials said.
Elsewhere in Rabuor, Kisumu County, the body of a teacher was found lying near his gate after a suspected murder.
The body of Ambrose Odhiambo Koyo, 48 who was a teacher at Naki Secondary School in Nyakach was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple injuries in the cheek and wrist.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending investigations and autopsy. Police said they are investigating murder in the case.
In Mweiga, Nyeri County, the body of a man was found in a maize plantation after a suspected murder.
The body of Peter Nguyo, 54 who was a welder in the area was found in the area long after he had died. He was last seen on December 17. The body was found on December 19 and had bruises on the face. It lay about 400 meters away from his house and a loaf of bread, meat that he had bought were next there.
Police said they are investigating murder and the motive is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
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