Police in Kisumu are pursuing a female suspect accused of stabbing to death a woman believed to be having an affair with her husband in the Nyamasaria area of Kisumu East Sub-County.

The suspect, identified as Rosemary Achieng, alias Mama Boy, reportedly found the deceased speaking with her husband at his boda boda base near the Butter Toast stage.

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According to police reports, the suspect, armed with a kitchen knife, repeatedly stabbed the victim in the chest before fleeing the scene, leaving her for dead.

The victim, Brenda Awuor, 30, succumbed to excessive bleeding as the suspect escaped into the darkness.

Investigations reveal that the deceased operated an M-Pesa shop near the boda boda shade where the suspect’s husband worked. Witnesses, including boda boda operators at the base, claim that the suspect’s husband, John Ayima, had been openly involved in an illicit affair with the deceased, which likely enraged his wife.

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The body of the deceased has been moved to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue as police continue their search for the suspect, who remains on the run.