A man from Vihiga shocked police officers at Mbale Police Station after he confessed to killing a woman even after the lady who hired him to commit the crime failed to pay him Ksh 20,000.
The man told police officers that he killed the woman on Sunday, January 15 by stabbing her in the neck and living her body at an abandoned building.
Speaking to the media, Vihiga County Commander Benjamin Ong’ombe said the murdered woman was identified as Kahongeri.
“It was shocking that the suspect said it without mincing words that he murdered Kahongeri,” Ong’ombe said.
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However, when probed, the suspect who was arrested immediately after confessing to committing the murder did reveal the motive behind the crime which was sanctioned by another woman.
Though initially sceptical about the man’s claims, police visited the scene only to discover Kahongeri’s body with the murder weapon still stuck in her neck.
“We could not believe him at first and decided to establish if he had committed the crime, only to discover the body at the scene he had mentioned,” said Ong’ombe.
The body of the deceased has since been moved to Vihiga County Referral Hospital Mortuary while the woman alleged to have put out a hit on Kahongeri is currently in police custody.