A 26-year-old woman was arrested in Nyamira County’s Kebirigo sub-location on suspicion of throwing her aborted infant into a pit latrine.
Confirming the incident, Nyamira South Sub-County Police commander Moses Kirong revealed that the suspect, Maria Maroko, was apprehended by police following a phone call from Kebirigo assistant chief Jackline Bware informing him that they had rescued an infant from a pit latrine in one of the homes in her jurisdiction.
“When I received a phone call from the Kebirigo sub-location assistant chief, our team of officers went to the homestead and found members of the public who had identified the suspect, Maraa Maroko, who was attempting to procure an abortion of a 28-week-old foetus and threw it inside the pit latrine from where it was rescued,” the Sub County police commander explained.
According to the officer, Maria agreed after questioning that the infant rescued from the pit latrine was hers. Sadly, it died just a few minutes after being rescued.
