Man kills mother and niece in quarrel over egg meal

Rose Ndungwa displaying Sufuria’s containing eggs and Ugali meal which were prepared by Mwanza Kaloki before he slashed their mother and niece to death at Malindi village in Kalama, Machakos County. [John Muia/Standard]

Police in Machakos have launched a manhunt for a 33-year-old man suspected of killing his mother and niece after a quarrel over a meal of eggs.

Ndinda Kaloki, 74, and her granddaughter Faith Mutheu, six, were reportedly hacked to death by Mwanza Kaloki yesterday at their home in Malindi village, about 25 kilometres from Machakos town.