More details have emerged surrounding the gruesome murder of Mary Nyambura by her police lover Constable Bernard Sivo.
Reports now indicate that Constable Sivo shot his lover Nyambura inside a treatment room a shocking 15 times.
Sivo who was married with three children, had been in a love relationship with Nyambura, a mother of two; a 2-year old boy and a seven-year old girl.
The officer’s wife Joyce Ndunge told the media that she knew about Nyambura – and would often talk on phone.
“I used to talk to Nyambura on the phone, and she told me they had parted ways,” Ndunge said.
Sivo and Nyambura are said to have been seeing each other for two years before tragedy struck.
The 28-old officer who had just been in employment for four years shot and killed Nyambura, 29, inside a treatment room at Njoro Sub-County Hospital where she had been rushed to after they fought.
Njoro Sub-County police boss Jonathan Kisaka said that the two were lovers – and it was known.
“We always saw them together. We never heard them quarreling or any disputes between them—the ideal role model for lovers,” said Mr Kisaka.
It has also emerged that Sivo also lived with his wife and three children in the same neighbourhood.
Witnesses said that Sivo spent the better part of Sunday afternoon with Nyambura at a pub before a quarrel broke out. Nyambura who operated a wines and spirits shop in the area is said to have sustained injuries – and was rushed to the hospital.
An angry Sivo went to work before later following Nyambura at the hospital where he shot her.
After the incident, Sivo called his wife informing her that he had killed Nyambura.
“I hid behind the OCSs house when I saw him firing indiscriminately,” said Sivo’s wife Joyce Ndunge.
Ndunge told the media that her husband played with their children on Saturday night before leaving for work at 11pm.
“He wore jeans and a civilian shirt, and on top, he wore his uniform. This got me concerned, and when I asked, he said he would explain later after reporting to work,” said Ndunge.
Ndunge would later receive the disturbing call from her husband.
“He called to say that he had killed the woman who was wrecking his marriage. I begged him not to harm himself and surrender his gun. I hid near the OCS’s house when I spotted him enter the station,” Ndunge recalled.
“He then picked our daughter from our house, forcing me to come out of my hiding. He shot at me thinking I was an officer but missed,” she said.
Joyce had to identify herself, fell on his legs, and begged him to put the gun down. He told his wife that he needed her alive to take care of the children.
Sivo continued shooting in the air for more than an hour. He would later shoot himself at around 2.30am.
“He had not taken alcohol yesterday. He was never violent towards me. I used to talk to Nyambura on the phone, and she told me they had parted ways,” his wife said.
Another officer who sought anonymity attributed the sorry state of affairs to financial challenges since most officers have taken huge loans which they have squandered with women.