Boy child appears in the list of the most endangered species in the hands of women from Kiambu.
Women rarely murder. When they do, however, they tend to attract the attention of the media and society.Â
Society is fascinated by the fact that women, who are frequently perceived as innocent, fragile, and dependable, can commit such heinous acts.
A recent alleged case in Kiambu County received similar attention.
Gladys Chania, a Kiambu politician, was arrested as the main suspect in her husband’s murder and is currently out on a Sh1 million bond.
On Tuesday, October 11, at 8 p.m., Kiambu politician Gladys Chania filed a missing persons report at the Mwea police station.
She told the police that her husband of more than 20 years, George Mwangi, a Rwanda-based engineer, had left their home two days earlier, leaving behind his cell phone, and had never returned.
The next day, his body was discovered in the Kieni forest, wrapped in black polythene beneath a heap of cartons and empty cement bags.
Witnesses reported seeing a woman driving Mr. Mwangi’s vehicle into the forest.
Blood-stained metal rods, bed sheets, and curtains were recovered and kept as evidence from the couple’s home.
Detectives investigating the murder learned that Mr. Mwangi was having an affair with a younger woman, a secretary at a nearby school.
In fact, the woman, Lucy Muthoni, had accompanied the couple to a family event at Kimunyu in Gatundu on Saturday, the day before his disappearance.
Gladys Chania is still presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and the case is still ongoing.
This case created quite a stir and reignited the debate that marrying a woman from Kiambu County in the Mount Kenya region is one of a thousand ways to die.
