Police were Friday looking for a Kiambu man who allegedly murdered his wife even as women activists took to the streets to protest the rising homicide cases targeting their own.
Mr Peter Muchuru Mwaura allegedly hit his wife Jane Nduta, a mother of two, on her head with a blunt object, killing her on the spot before fleeing.
Police said Ms Nduta’s body was discovered by neighbours on the floor of her husband’s rented house in Murera village in Juja on Wednesday evening.
Her husband was not at home, though neighbours said that the two had been seen removing items from the house as if they were about to move out.
Ms Nduta’s relatives said the couple had been living separately after parting ways about three months ago.
“The man had even remarried but he kept calling my sister asking that they meet up. He did so last Sunday but I warned her against it. After all, what were they meeting to discuss when the man had already moved on?” posed Ms Esther Wanjiku, Ms Nduta’s sister.
Police said the suspect lured his wife to his house ostensibly to let her pick up the clothes she had left behind.
“Neighbours found the woman’s body lying on the floor and called the police, who took it to City Mortuary,” said Juja deputy police commander Mike Njeru.
He called on residents to help police with information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect, a quarry worker.