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Policewoman, husband found dead in suspected murder-suicide

The house at Kianyaga police lines in Kirinyaga County, where a police officer Carol Mbote and her husband Samuel Kiama were found dead on December 20, 2019, in a suspected case of murder-suicide. PHOTO | GEORGE MUNENE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Samuel Kiama, a butcher, is accused of stabbing Carol Mbote to death in their house at the Kirinyaga police lines.
  • Residents said the couple quarrelled. Ms Mbote was found dead in their house in the wee hours of Friday.
  • Kirinyaga East police boss Antony Wanjuu said they will later issue a comprehensive statement to the press.

A man allegedly killed his wife, a policewoman, and then hanged himself in Kianyaga town, Kirinyaga County, on Thursday night.

Samuel Kiama, a butcher, is accused of stabbing Carol Mbote to death at the Kianyaga police lines.