Stress, depression, poverty, rape, alcoholism lead to strangulation, poisoning of babies…and years in prison

Susan Mutongori spent nearly two decades in Nakuru GK Prison for murdering her baby. The body of the 17-month old toddler was discovered in a thicket near an overpass in June, 2006.

Mutongori who denied killing her child said she only gave her a sleep-inducing drug so that she could leave her overnight and attend a party. She was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. The sentence was however later commuted to life imprisonment and Mutongori released last year after an appeal.