This archive report was first published on 20 August 2019.
Published on August 20, 2019, a prison warden attached to Bomet GK prison was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend after a quarrel at Kamukunji Estate.
The 28-year-old officer reportedly hit his girlfriend with a blunt object in the head, leaving her in a coma.
According to Bomet Central Sub County Police Boss Musa Imamai Omar, the victim was rushed to Longisa Referral Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival due to excessive bleeding.
The suspect was arrested and is currently being held at Bomet Police Station awaiting arraignment.
This incident is the latest in a series of similar cases in Bomet County, where a 19-year-old man was stabbed on the neck after allegedly quarrelling with his girlfriend in May, and a man was arrested for allegedly slitting his wife's throat in June.
