This archive report was first published on 28 June 2020.
On Saturday afternoon, the bodies of four minors were found locked in their house near Naivasha High school, sparking a shocking incident in the town.
According to the police, the mother, who has since been arrested, allegedly poisoned her children on Friday evening before fleeing to the neighbouring Kayole estate.
Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru confirmed the incident, stating that the woman had been arrested in Kayole estate in Naivasha where she had been hiding.
"We have a sad story where a woman has allegedly poisoned her four children through poisoning and we have arrested her and collected the bodies," he said.
The motive behind the alleged crime is still unclear, but neighbours reported that the woman had been struggling to make ends meet after being laid off from her job at an NGO in Naivasha two months ago due to Covid-19.
"We knew something was amiss due to some comments she had posted on social media and on coming to enquire we found that she had killed the four children," said the brother to the suspect, Jackson Kimani.
A neighbour, Andrew Opiyo, expressed shock and sadness over the incident, saying that the minors were very jovial and their death was a difficult pill to swallow.
"The minors were very jovial and we are trying to come to terms with their death and what could have driven this woman to commit such an incident," he said.
