Grade 9 student arrested over murder of two young girls in Kisii

Police have arrested a Grade 9 student as the prime suspect in the murders of two young girls aged 4 and 5 in Nkura Village, Kisii South.

Annah Bahati and Stacy Nyanchama disappeared while playing on Tuesday evening, only for their bodies to be discovered hours later in a banana plantation.

Juliet Wache, Annah’s mother, said: “Walikuwa kwa nyumba alafu wakatoka wakasema wanaenda kucheza...ilifika 6:30pm tukaanza kuwatafuta lakini hatukuwaona....”

Catherine Kemuma, a family member, stated: “Sasa aunty akakuja kuniuliza tumewaona watoto, tukatafuta na tukaenda kupiga report, sasa tukiwa station ndio tukaitwa watoto wamepatikana kwa gunia, na slippers zilikuwa kwa choo.”

Preliminary investigations point to a grim ordeal. It is suspected that the two minors were abducted, defiled, and poisoned before their bodies were abandoned in the dark at the crime scene.

Faith Ondimu, Stacy’s mother, noted: “Tukitafuta watoto roho yangu ilikuwa inakataa wako tu hapo kwa hiyo boma, kidogo nikasikia watu wanapiga nduru...”

Even as their families mourn the brutal killings, the wheels of justice are already in motion. Police officers from Suneka Police Station have arrested a Grade 9 student who is the prime suspect in the double murder.

Cyprian Geno, a family member of Annah Bahati, said: “Mimi ndio niliwapata, mtoto mmoja alikuwa kando na yule mwengine alikuwa amelala hapo lifeless, it was very painful.”

The family has demanded swift action and justice. The bodies of the two minors have been moved to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary for a post-mortem exercise, even as police probe the motive behind the killing and hunt for accomplices, if any.