The man was stabbed and seriously wounded before he jumped from the balcony of his first-floor house for his safety.

He had engaged a woman believed to be his wife in a fight in their house on Wednesday morning before the woman chased her to the balcony while armed with a kitchen knife.

Witnesses said the man ran out screaming for help before he jumped to the ground floor and was later rushed to hospital with stab wounds.

Police said he was admitted to the Aga Khan Green Span Medical Center for attention.

It was then that the woman locked herself in the house and lit a fire, police said.

Neighbours raised an alarm and rushed there before helping to contain the spread of the fire.

Officials from the Nairobi Fire brigade came to the aid of the incident and the woman was rescued from therein unconscious, police said.

She was rushed to the Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital in unstable condition.

Property of unknown value was destroyed by the fire.

Police said they are waiting for the woman and man to recover for grilling to establish what motivated the incident.

Cases of murder and suicide have been on the rise amid campaigns to address them.

Meanwhile, three suicide incidents were reported to police separately.

The first incident happened in Siongiroi, Bomet County where a teacher at Irongo primary school in Nakuru County was found dead after a suicide mission.

He was identified as Kennedy Kipkemoi, 38.

Police said he hanged himself on a rooftop of a toilet.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary.

In Ntulele, Narok County, a decomposed body of one Jacob Mungai, 22 in a thicket after a suspected suicide.

Police said the deceased had threatened to die by suicide after his attempts to marry a neighbor were rejected.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

In Migori, a man who had gone missing was found dead in a forest in a suspected suicide incident.

Police said Dominic Osiro, 47 went missing on January 5 prompting a search, which led to the discovery of the body in Migori Nyasare forest with a rope on the neck hanging from a branch of a Cyprus tree.

The body had no physical injuries and no suicide note was found.

Police officers visited the scene and moved the body to Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary pending post-mortem and investigations.

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The body was found in a ditch on the Motonto-Ogembo road.

It was later identified to be that of Charles Makenge, 40 who is a resident of Kebute village. Police said they are yet to establish the cause of the death.

This increased to three, the number of bodies discovered separately on Tuesday January 7.

Police described the incidents as sudden deaths but added investigations into the same are ongoing.

The first incident was reported in Kiwanja area, Kasarani on Tuesday evening where a body was found under a tree.

Police said they were informed of the presence of the body of a man aged about 35 and picked it up to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

Locals said the deceased was last seen resting under a tree before the body was discovered by a passerby.

In Kulamawe, Isiolo, one Peter Muthomi was found lying dead in his house.

The deceased had earlier gone for a church service before retreating into his bedroom where he was found dead.

Police said the cause of the death was not immediately known and that the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.

Elsewhere in Sengera, Nyamira County, one James Makori, 46 was found dead after a suicide incident.

His body was found hanging from a tree adjacent to his house after suspected suicide using a white mosquito net.

A suicide note was discovered in the house, police said.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations, police said.

In Hamisi, Vihiga County, a mob killed a suspect who was found in a private residence.

One accomplice managed to escape from the scene in the Nyangori area, police said.

The police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be handed over to authorities for processing.

The body was moved to the mortuary after the Tuesday January 7 morning drama.

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This is after his 23-year-old sister Ridwan Abdullahi Hassan complained he assaulted her in an altercation at their home.

Abdiaziz Abdullahi, 30 surrendered to police at Nairobi Area Regional DCI for grilling following the said assault on January 2.

He was later freed on bond pending the outcomes of the assault probe.

He told police he was trying to forestall a human trafficking incident involving his sister to Libya.

This, according to him led to the attack.

The family of the siblings had earlier reported in Garissa she was missing.

This is after Ridwan traveled to Uganda on December 26 to what she said was to visit her friends.

But Abdullahi and police said she was stopped near the Rwanda-Uganda border in Gatuna.

She was in the company of another man and their destination was to be in Libya.

The brother of the woman claimed he had learned there is a human trafficking cartel operating in the country and end up taking their targets to mostly Libya.

While in Libya, some victims are tortured and extorted by other gangs there.

Those that can’t afford to pay back the expenses of trafficking them there are forced to join gangs including ISIS related ones.

These revelations have forced police to open the probe into the same, Nairobi regional head of DCI Benard Kasyoki said.

He said he met the parents of the woman and her brother as part of the probe into the saga.

“This is a matter that now under probe to know more on this issue of human trafficking and smuggling,” he said.

“The other issue of assault is ongoing in terms of probe.”

The trafficking gang is said to have changed their route to Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, Chad, CAR and Libya.

This is after the Sudan route was disrupted by the fighting between the military and rebels.

The woman had earlier denied she was fleeing the country.

She said upon her arrival at the border in Busia, she was arrested by police officers and later released.

She was later arrested over the claims of the human trafficking saga.

She was released and they went home where the assault happened.

She was rushed to Bilal Hospital where doctors treated her for injuries to her eyes, ribs, head, and abdomen.

Ridwan claims her brother’s anger stemmed from her decision to travel to Uganda without his approval.

She also alleged that he was frustrated by her refusal to sign documents related to financial transactions, which she believed could exploit her.

Ridwan added that her brother confiscated her identification documents, including her passport, and her mobile phone.

The extended family of the siblings have since intervened and reconciled them amid the probe.

This incident comes as Kenya grapples with rising cases of gender-based violence.

Eastleigh is still reeling from the murder of four women in a case that shocked the neighbourhood.

A report by the United Nations on gender-based violence states that homes are the most dangerous place for women, where they often face abuse from close relatives.

Advocacy groups have called for swift action, emphasising the need for stricter enforcement of laws protecting women.

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The body of Angeline Muthina was found lying dead in her residential house on Sunday long after she had died.

Police said they are yet to establish the cause of the death.

The woman lived alone in the house. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Elsewhere in Jamhuri area, Kibera, the body of a man aged 35 was found in a thicket. Police said they suspect the victim is a member of the street family.

The body was found near the Kibera-Jamhuri railway line.

Police said the body did not have any visible injuries when it was discovered on Monday January 6 morning.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.

In Rarieda, Siaya County, a 33-year-old woman was killed by a crocodile as she fetched water.

A second victim was injured by the reptile.

Police said a crocodile attacked and killed one Elizabeth Akinyi at Wayaga beach.

Police officers visited the scene and established that the deceased was with her daughter fetching water when the crocodile attacked.

The daughter raised an alarm and locals came to her rescue as the animal vanished into the water.

The body was retrieved without the right hand and multiple physical visible injuries.

The body was moved to Madiany mortuary awaiting autopsy.

In Getare area, Nyamira County, a child drowned in a family borehole in a tragedy.

The incident happened in Nyakwerema village on Sunday evening.

The body was found in the about 12-foot deep borehole after a brief search.

The boy had gone missing prompting a search that ended with the discovery of the body in the borehole.

Police said they are investigating the incident.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

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Officials said the deceased Aisha Akinyi Abubakar, 48 was a senior IEBC official based in Kilifi County.

IEBC is yet to issue a statement over the incident.

She and her son Khasim Hassan, 18 were attacked at about 3 am Sunday January 5 at their compound by two suspects, police said.

The son was also seriously injured and admitted in a local hospital, police said.

The gang stole electronic goods from the house before escaping.

Police said they were informed by officials at the Premier Hospital that a victim of robbery with violence had died at the facility.

A team visited there and established that the gang raided the home at about 3 am at Utange Mkunguni and attacked the woman and her son.

One of the attackers wore a face mask.

They gained access to the house by cutting the grills of kitchen window while armed with crowbar and knife.

The deceased was stabbed and cut on the head above right eye while the son cut on the head.

Police said immediately after the attack the gang robbed the deceased of her mobile phone, a 65 inch TV set, sound system and an iPad.

This was after they had also attacked and injured the son, police said.

The son was able to drive the mother to Premier Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival while the son was treated and was yet to be discharged.

Police later visited the scene of the attack as part of efforts to trace the gang behind the attack.

Police said they are pursuing various leads into the attack.

A team is combing the area to get the gang.

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Locals discovered the lifeless body of the woman in Kamutaro area along the Ruaka-Banana Road on Saturday January 4.

Police later arrived at the scene, positively identifying the deceased as Jackline Nyambura Mungai.

The body was found half-naked with no visible injuries.

Police said her head had been tightly bound with a blue t-shirt, obstructing her mouth and nose, in a possible attempt to suffocate her.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known.

The body was taken to Kihara Level Four Hospital for storage, pending postmortem.

Preliminary investigations suggest that she had been living with a 44-year-old for about four years at a rental apartment in Kamutaro.

The apartment is just 200 meters from where the deceased’s body was discovered.

The police said they are looking for the man for grilling into the murder incident

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Kipleting, whose office was located at Marsabit Plaza along Ngong road closed shop and went into hiding with nine victims having reported his unlawful acts at Kilimani police station.

Upon receipt of the complaints, detectives sprang into action in search of the villain who was smoked out of his hide out at King Serenity Estate in Rongai where he was escorted to DCI Kilimani offices for processing pending arraignment.

Kilimani detectives believe more complainants may have made their reports on the suspect at different police stations across the Capital, and are hence consolidating the reports to ensure justice to all victims.

Meanwhile, controversial businessman Elius Kemboi Korir was charged in two multi-million-shilling cases.

In the first case, Korir, who appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego, is accused of obtaining goods worth Sh15,633,200 from Mallow Brand by falsely pretending that he was in a position to pay.

It is alleged that he committed the offence on December 10, 2022.

Korir denied the charges and was granted a total cash bail of Sh2 million.

In addition, the businessman was granted a Sh1 million cash bail in another fraud case. According to the prosecution, Korir who has been on police radar for involvement in multiple cases, was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (KIA) while attempting to flee the country.

Being a key official of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that supports the vulnerable in society, police accuse Korir of using his office to reach out to persons and entities with enticing tender offers, only to disappear once the supplies are received.

In one classic case that exposed him, he and an accomplice, also an official at the NGO, conspired to defraud three suppliers of goods worth over Sh32.8 million, which they alleged were being procured for distribution as aid to vulnerable persons.

After the delivery was made, the officials of the NGO instead offered them for sale in the local market, thereafter becoming elusive.

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Solomon Kamau died in hospital after he had been stabbed in the neck by an assailant in a confrontation on January 1.

The incident happened at Clay City Business Centre, police said.

The victim was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He had profusely bled, police said.

The suspect in the murder was later cornered by a mob that stoned and hit him with sticks before police were alerted and rescued him to hospital.

Police visited the scene of the crime and recovered the broken pieces of glass with bloodstains.

The suspect was later held in lawful custody pending arraignment.

In Rumuruti area, Laikipia West’s Nguo Village, a 17-year-old boy died in a fight at a church while celebrating the New Year.

Police said a group had congregated at the church to celebrate the New Year when an argument broke out among some of those present.

It was then that two people, including the boy were assaulted.

They were rushed to hospital where the boy succumbed to the injuries while the other victim was admitted in stable condition.

Police said on Thursday efforts to arrest the said assailants are ongoing.

The body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.

Elsewhere in Koibatek, Baringo County, the body of a man aged 40 was found in the Maji Mazuri forest.

Police later identified the deceased as Joseph Kamau Ndirangu.

The body had deep cuts on the back of his head.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Police believe the man was killed elsewhere and the body dumped in the forest. The motive and those behind the same are yet to be established.

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The man also attacked and seriously injured his wife in the fight on December 29.

Police said Elius Jacob Katanga, 45, allegedly attacked his wife, Teresia Wairimu, 45, and their 16-year-old daughter, following a period of separation caused by marital differences and domestic fight.

Police said Katanga returned home and violently knocked on the door, forcibly taking their three-year-old son and attempted to leave.

Wairimu resisted prompting Katanga to fight back which went bloody.

He pulled out a kitchen knife before stabbing her in the head.

As their teenage daughter screamed for help, Katanga turned and stabbed her in the back before fleeing the scene, leaving behind their unharmed son.

Neighbors rushed both victims to Ruiru Sub County Hospital, where the daughter was pronounced dead on arrival.

Wairimu, who is in stable condition, is currently receiving treatment after she sustained serious injuries, police said.

Police visited and documented the scene and recovered a blood-stained knife, believed to be the murder weapon.

The body of the deceased has been transferred to Thika Level 5 Hospital morgue, where an autopsy will be conducted.

Police said they are looking for Katanga, whose whereabouts remain unknown for grilling over the tragedy.

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The suspect identified as Benard Ngugi Mbau had run into hiding in Nyandarua after committing the heinous murder.

On the fateful day, the suspect who was employed at Ngomongo Village within Rurii Location is said to have murdered the woman, gouged her eyes, severed her mammary glands and thereafter inflicted multiple wounds on the victims head and abdomen before stuffing her remains in a sack and bolting out of his staff quarter residence.

Later, his employer is said to have visited the staff quarters where she discovered a stuffed sack soaked in a pool of blood, a hammer and a knife in a bucket full of red colored water and thereafter reported the matter at Workers Police Patrol Base.

The scene was visited and the victim’s remains moved to Nakuru Annex Hospital Mortuary, as search for the 25-year-old murder suspect commenced.

After a tireless search, the suspect was smoked out his hide out at Tumaini shopping centre in Nyandarua County for Interogation and further police procedures pending arraignment.

Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the murder.

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