After conviction for neglect, woman now accused of killing her child
A file photo of Mukurwe-Ini Police Station in Nyeri County. Police are searching for Grace Wambui, a resident of Gikondi in Mukurwe-Ini, following the death of her baby and an arson attack at her matrimonial home. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Grace Wambui, 27, was handed a two-year non-custodial sentence by a Mukurweini court after admitting to dumping the child at her husband’s doorstep multiple times, and in the middle of the night, following a squabble.
And now, barely two weeks after being convicted of child neglect and malicious damage to property, police are pursuing her for the murder of the child, her second born, and torching her house.
Trouble began in April when the suspect reportedly had a disagreement with her husband, Joseph Mwangi, over plans to meet her parents for customary dowry negotiations.
Neighbours claim the woman called off the negotiations on suspicion that her husband was having an affair with her sister.
A woman accused of killing her five-month old daughter in Mukurwe-Ini, Nyeri County, had been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for neglecting the same child.
Grace Wambui, 27, was handed a two-year non-custodial sentence by a Mukurwe-Ini court after admitting to dumping the five-month-old child at her husband’s doorstep multiple times, and in the middle of the night, following a squabble.
