This archive report was first published on 11 May 2020.
On May 11, 2020, a 29-year-old woman, Vigilance Shighi, was held in police custody for 21 days after allegedly killing her boyfriend, Edward Okello, in a domestic fight in their house in Umoja, Nairobi.
Shighi, who is suspected to have killed Okello, an aeronautical engineer at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, claimed that she only threw a cup at the deceased during the altercation.
However, detective corporal Veronica Waithera alleged that Shighi had a quarrel with Okello, prompting her to stab him with a kitchen knife, resulting in three stab wounds on the chest and abdomen.
Okello succumbed to his injuries at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Kayole, where he was rushed after the incident.
Shighi will be held at the Buruburu Police Station pending investigations, and her phones have not been taken for forensic examinations.
