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Woman arrested while attempting to sell her three weeks old baby at Sh1,200

Ann Wangui being escorted by a plain cloth police officer at Nakuru Level five hospital on September 11, 2018 after she attempted to sell her three weeks old baby. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

A 35-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday at Nakuru Level Five Hospital after she attempted to sell off her three weeks old baby, few hours to her discharge.

Ann Wangui, a resident of Naishi in Njoro reportedly attempted to sell the child to Dorcas Nanjala with whom she had been admitted with at the hospital but her baby died few days after delivery.

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