Police officers in Kisumu are holding a man suspected of killing his mother in Migingo village, Kadibo Sub-county.
Jeff Onyango Nyawada, 27, is suspected to have set his mother ablaze by dousing her with paraffin.
The detectives recovered paraffin in a mug and noted that the bathroom’s walls had been blackened with smudge soot.
Also recovered from the scene was a Kitchen Knife besides the mother’s body and a lantern lamp with an open knob.
The body of the deceased has been moved to a morgue within Kisumu pending autopsy.
The arrested suspect is in custody as detectives work on legal procedures before his presentation in court.
