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KDF soldier kills son, stabs himself after domestic row

Ebby Naliaka in a sombre mood narrates how Kennedy Simiyu killed the son in Makunga-Tongaren after a disagreement with the wife on phone over a post on WhatsApp with another man. [DUNCAN OCHOLLA, STANDARD]

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier allegedly stabbed his two-year-old son to death before turning the knife on himself yesterday.

However, the 30-year-old soldier did not die but is admitted in the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, in critical condition.

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