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Man murders mistress to avoid paying child upkeep

A man from Trans Nzoia County who killed a lady whom he had sired a child with in 2012 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the High court in Kitale after he was found guilty of the offense.

The court heard that Samson Kamau Njoroge murdered Alice Wangui Kamau and dumped her body in a borehole in his compound at Naisambu on the night of May 9 and 10, 2012 at Naisambu area to evade her demands for child upkeep.

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