Dandora cousins Rahab and Abigael Gathoni did not die of poisoning as earlier reported

Police are holding in custody Sebastian Kamande, 28, over the two cousins' deaths. [Courtesy of DCI-Kenya]

The two female cousins who died in Dandora, Nairobi on March 29 over alleged poisoning were actually suffocated, postmortem reveals.

Earlier reports had suggested that Rahab Gathoni and her cousin Abigael Gathoni had been given food laced with poison.