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Roysambu murder: Woman identified as Jkuat student Rita Waeni

Rita Waeni

20-year-old Rita Waeni who was brutally murdered in a short-stay rental in Roysambu.

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By  Nyaboga Kiage

Correspondent

What you need to know:

  • On Saturday, Rita Waeni Muendo left her aunt's residence in Syokimau to meet with a 'friend'.
  • On Sunday, her father received a message demanding a Sh500,000 ransom for her release. She was found dead that same day.

The woman killed and body dismembered in a short-stay rental in Roysambu, Nairobi, has been identified as 20-year-old Rita Waeni Muendo.

Before her brutal killing on the night of January 14, Ms Muendo was a student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Jkuat).

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