Kirinyaga man kills wife, four children

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A man has killed his wife and four children and thereafter surrendered himself to Kianyaga police station. Rukenya assistant chief Kenneth Murimi said the bodies were still at the scene when police v...
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Kirinyaga man kills wife, four children

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