A 52-year-old woman was arrested in Meru County following the death of her 58-year-old husband, who allegedly succumbed to injuries sustained in a domestic assault.
The deceased, identified as Murungi James, reportedly sustained head and abdominal injuries after being assaulted with a club by his wife at their home on October 19.
According to police, the incident was reported on October 30 after the man was rushed to Maua Methodist Hospital for treatment but later died while undergoing treatment.
His wife was arrested in connection with the incident and placed in police custody pending arraignment in court.
Police are expected to pursue the case as a murder investigation following the man’s death.
And police in Kiminini Sub-County, Trans Nzoia County, are investigating the death of a 54-year-old man whose body was found floating in River Kabuyefwe.
The deceased, identified as Dan Mutua, was discovered on October 30, in Mwanainchi Village, Matunda Location.
Police officers found Mutua’s body floating in the river, with blood reportedly oozing from his nose.
He was a resident of Mkaa Village in Matunda.
Police processed and documented the scene before moving the body to Wamalwa Kijana Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a postmortem examination.
The postmortem is expected to establish the cause of death and determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
And one person died while five others sustained injuries after a bus operated by Forward Travellers Sacco crashed along Kagundo Road in Nairobi.
The accident occurred on Thursday, October 29, at around 9.45pm in the Charina area, involving an Isuzu bus registration number KDX 215V.
The bus was travelling from Caltex Roundabout towards Kayole when the driver reportedly lost control, veered off the road and plunged into a roadside trench.
Six passengers sustained injuries and were rushed to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital for treatment.
The deceased, identified as Stephen Odour, 25, suffered serious head injuries and later succumbed while undergoing treatment.
The five injured passengers were admitted to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, where they were receiving treatment.
Odour’s body was preserved at the hospital mortuary pending further procedures.
Police officers from Buruburu Traffic Base visited the scene and commenced investigations into the accident. The driver was reported to be unknown in the initial police report.