Spate of killings in Western region cause for concern

Recently, residents of Bisunu village, Kakamega County, were shocked when a mother poisoned her two children aged three and five. The woman is said to have killed the children after quarrelling with her husband whom she accused of having an affair.

In another incident, a man was arrested in October last year for allegedly killing the mother of a six-year-old boy. Interestingly in 2000, Seth Shamala, the suspect, was arrested over the death of his brother but released in 2004 for lack of evidence.