Dj Brownskin, official names Michael Macharia, has been detained at the Kasarani police station in connection to his wife’s death, Sharon Njeri, who allegedly died by suicide.
Early in April, a video of Dj Brownskin recording Sharon taking poison went viral on social media.
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Police officers arrested him at a club in Kasarani on June 1, to investigate a case of aiding the wife’s suicide as per Section 225 (c) of the Penal Code, which states that, “any person who procures another to kill himself, or counsels another to kill himself and thereby induces him to do so; or aids another in killing himself is guilty of a felony and liable to life imprisonment.”
According to Kasarani OCPD, Anthony Mbogo, DJ Brownskin is being held at Kasarani police station after officers obtained an order to detain him pending investigations.
Sharon Njeri died in July 2022.