Nyamira Woman Detained in Husband's Murder Over Financial Dispute

A man was found murdered after a confrontation with his wife over money she allegedly sent from Saudi Arabia for development at home in a village in Manga, Nyamira County, police said. The incident happened in Tindereti village of Borabu on January 16, 2026, police said, adding the deceased was identified as Elijah Mogoi, 32. His wife had been working in Saudi Arabia and allegedly used to send money home for development. Police said investigations had shown she flew back home last year in December, only to find no project had been set up as agreed with the money sent. This prompted a confrontation for the whole month in the family. The body of Mogoi was found outside his house with injuries on the face and head. Police visited the scene and recovered blood-stained clothes in a basin under his bed and a sharp knife believed to have been the murder weapon. The woman was arrested for questioning as a person of interest, as the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Elsewhere in the Kambi Garba area, Isiolo County, a man was found dead after he had been shot. He was identified as Abbas Shariff and had a bullet wound in the ribs. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending investigations. In Tharaka Nithi’s Gatue village, the body of a man was found lying in a thicket after murder. The body was partially decomposed when it was discovered on Saturday, police said. Police said the deceased had head injuries and seemed to have been murdered elsewhere and body dumped at the scene. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. In a different incident, a man was hacked to death after he was allegedly found stealing bananas from a piece of land in Karuri, Kigumo, Muranga County. The said assailant was arrested following the incident, police said, adding the deceased was hacked using a panga. In Malindi, Kilifi County a Swiss national aged 73 collapsed near a swimming pool and died. Police said Patrick Christian Claude had checked into the country on January 10 and was staying at the Kilimandogo area when he collapsed and died on January 17, 2026.