Shock as house help kills her employer

By ERIC WAINAINA

Kiambu, Kenya: Shock and grief engulfed Turitu village in Kiambu after a house help allegedly killed her employer for reasons which remain unknown.

Jane Wairimu is alleged to have been stabbed to death by the woman who she had sourced from a house girl bureau.

Moses Muchoki discovered his wife’s body lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen on Sunday at around 2am when he arrived home after a night out. The body, according to Mr Muchoki, had deep injuries on the neck, head and bruises on the arms, suggesting that she struggled with her attacker. After committing the act, the house girl, who was only three weeks old in the home, took off and it is believed that she could have committed the act on Saturday during the day.

“The body was so cold,” Muchoki said.

Muchoki, a lawyer by profession, said the incident caught him by surprise, saying for the three weeks they have lived with the woman, she had a good relationship with his wife.

However, he said he did not know much about her since he never interacted with her and only knew her by name, Beatrice.

Muchoki said when he drove to his home, everything was unusual.

The security lights were off and after hooting several times at the gate, there was no response. After entering the compound, he found lights to his house on, curtains had not been drawn and the radio was on. The main door was closed from inside and so he used the back door (in the kitchen) where he found the body. In the corridors, there were adult bloodstained footprints.

With the help of a local watchman, he checked the rooms and in the house help’s bedroom, there were blood stains while their master bedroom was locked and the keys were missing.“I checked everywhere. I found my two-year-old child sleeping in his bedroom while his elder sister was not at home,” he said. He immediately called the police.

Kiambu OCPD Stephen Ngetich said investigations are ongoing and they are looking for the house help.

On Sunday  morning, the couple’s seven- year-old girl was traced to their neighbour’s home where she had been dropped by a hairdresser.

The employee took three mobile phones, one belonging to the deceased and two others.