Tag: Widow

Embu widow’s gruesome murder: DCI arraigns suspect after weeks-long manhunt

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Mbeere South on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, presented Benson David Mwendwa, a suspect in the brutal murder of 44-year-old widow Jane Kilonzi, before the Embu High Court. Mwendwa is accused of orchestrating Kilonzi’s gruesome killing on September 25, 2024. “Her lifeless body was found in a […]

Property burns to ashes as Kirinyaga widow escapes with about 50% burns in suspected house arson

A 48-year-old woman has suffered a 46 per cent burn on her body during a dawn fire incident that razed her semi-permanent house to the ground in a suspected arson act at Mutungara village in Mwea Constituency, Kirinyaga County. Confirming the incident, Mwea East Sub-county Police Commander Daniel Kitavi said the woman escaped death by […]

Rescue me from eviction, widow appeals to Uhuru

By Dickens Wasonga. Until last Thursday, Truphena Akoth Otako had a home to live in and land from which to eke out a living. It was also the only inheritance she hoped to bequeath her son and grandchildren. But in one fell swoop, a ruling by a Siaya court not only took away the home and […]