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Woman kills self, two children after row with husband

A Kisumu resident grieves after a woman burnt herself and her two children in a house at Tieng're village, yesterday. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

A woman killed herself and her two children at Kandalo village on the outskirts of Kisumu town.

Villagers said the woman called her two children to their rented semi-permanent house at around 10am, tied their hands with ropes, doused them with petrol before she set the room on fire.

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