A a 23-year-old student from the Mt Kenya University has been arrested in connection with the murder of Christine Ambani.
Police have identified the suspect as Innocent Kalio Makokha, a man said to have been accused of murdering his own brother, sister-in-law and their one-year-old child.
According to the police, Makokha had invited Ambani who was a student at Kiriri Women’s University of Science and Technology for a date only to kill her.
The two were reportedly in a love relationship.
The police report reads in part: “On the fateful day of her murder, Christine had left the Mwihoko based Kiriri Women’s University in the morning, to meet her boyfriend in Githurai town, 15 kilometres away.
“Detectives have established that it is during this night that the boyfriend turned killer, brutally murdered Christine, by stabbing her on the neck savagely and left her bleeding to her last breath.
“Makokha then took over Christine’s phone and logged into Christine’s family WhatsApp group.
“Posing as Christine, he sent a message asking family members to send her Sh87,000 claiming that she wanted to refund her boyfriend (Makokha) the money he had spent to help her settle in the college,” a brief from DCI narrated.
“Further profiling of Makokha by sleuths based at the Crime Research and Intelligence bureau, revealed shocking details on his criminal record. He was discovered have been a dangerous criminal, previously arrested by detectives and set free under unclear circumstances.
“On February 2, 2021, Makokha was identified as the culprit behind the murder of his brother, his brother’s wife and their one year-old baby. Makokha in unclear circumstances killed the three by setting their house ablaze while they were inside. The matter was investigated by Mumias based detectives under reference number DCI/CR/NO925/36/2021,” DCI reported.
The arrest comes at a time when many female university students have died in the hands of their male lovers.