No humanity?Man surrenders to police in Nairobi after killing pregnant wife in Garissa.

A middle-aged man presented himself at the Makongeni police station of Makadara after he killed his wife in Garissa where they had been staying.

According to a police report, the suspect identified as Martin Wekesa Wanyonyi reported that he murdered his 22-year-old wife after realising that her six-month pregnancy was not his.The two reportedly quarrelled on Friday, September 9, 2022, and, Wanyonyi kicked the deceased in the stomach which led to her bleeding profusely through the mouth and nose and later succumbing to her injuries.

“Wanyonyi presented himself to the police on Saturday, September 11, 2022, and was reported to have murdered his wife whom they were staying with in Garissa County. The circumstances of the killing are that he realized that his wife was six months pregnant and he was not the father.They quarrelled on Friday 9/9/2022 and he kicked her on the stomach whereby the deceased bled profusely through the mouth and nose and later succumbed to her injuries,” the police report.

The suspect then fled to Nairobi on the same date before he submitted himself to the police to report.He was placed in custody as the police from Garissa arrange to pick him up as he asserted to have been staying in Bula Muzuri area, near Garissa University.

Article By Suzy Nyongesa.