Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a woman allegedly killed her two children, and stabbed her husband three times before attempting to die by suicide along Maasai Lodge road, Ongata Rongai.
Christine Karimi, who is admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), in critical condition is accused of stabbing her husband Rodgers Andere after an argument.
The argument between the couple turned tragic after the woman stabbed the man of the house three times, on the head and neck, after he arrived home past 1 am on Thursday, police said.
Andere escaped death narrowly after he left the house bleeding and sought help from neighbors who rushed him to a nearby health facility.
Karimi, who remained behind, is said to have locked the doors before allegedly killing her two children aged six and two by stabbing them.
She then turned the knife on herself in an attempt to die by suicide in vain. She had stab wounds in the chest and stomach which she inflicted herself.
Police were called to the scene and collected the bodies to the mortuary.
The couple is admitted to the hospital for attention amid security.
Kajiado North Police Commander Hussein Gura said police recovered the murder weapon and have launched an investigation.
The incident is under probe.
This is linked to societal stress which has caused many murder-suicide incidents, police said.
Up to three cases of suicide are reported daily in the country at an alarming rate.
Cases of suicide have been on the rise this year and authorities blame the trend on mental distress.
Police handled 499 cases in 2019, and 575 in 2020.
At least 313 people are reported to have taken their lives between January and July 2021.
The majority of the victims were male, police reports say.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says such cases are attributed to joblessness, the breakup of relationships or a death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties, financial difficulties, bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.
Globally, close to 800,000 people die of suicide every year with an estimated 78 percent of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
