A man accused of killing his wife and her friend by serving them poisoned food in Dandora has been arrested.
Sebastian Kamande, poisoned his wife Rahab Gathoni and her friend Abigael Gathoni, before fleeing their Dandora home on Tuesday, March 29.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Kamande 28, around Sagana area as he was travelling back to Nairobi from where he had been hiding.
Kamande had poisoned the wife and her friend before escaping, leaving their bodies sprawled on the floor.
The suspect’s brother, Benard Mungai Kamande, told the police that he received a call that fateful day from his brother who told him to rush to his house within Dandora phase 1.
He only told him that there was a problem and feared that the house could be burgled. He rushed to the house and found the two lying on a mattress in the living room, with blood oozing from their mouths and ears.
Detectives drawn from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB), DCI Nairobi Regional headquarters launched investigations and initially traced him to Dandora. He however escaped the dragnet.
Detectives later traced him in Embu but as they headed there, he got wind and started travelling back to Nairobi. He was however arrested from the vehicle he had boarded in towards Nairobi.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the couple had marital disagreements and had last weekend travelled to the man’s parents in Kakuzi, Murang’a County, in a bid to salvage their union.
“But when they returned to their home in Dandora, the man’s wife who had since received a visitor declined to cook, prompting the disgruntled husband to venture into the kitchen,” the DCI said.
After preparing rice and beef, the man laced it with an unspecified poison and served the two women before fleeing.
He is expected to be charged in court with murder next week.
