Police in Njoro Hunt Suspect After Grade Six Girl Found Murdered in Maize Plantation - May 2026

Police in Njoro are searching for a suspect following the tragic discovery of a Grade Six girl's body in a maize plantation. The pupil from Sinendet Primary School was found murdered, with her body abandoned in the plantation. Separately, police in Matungu are hunting a farmhand accused of fatally assaulting his employer and secretly burying the body on the farm. A taxi driver has also been arrested in connection with the arson attack that killed gospel singer Racheal Muthoni, while the family of the murdered artist has denied viral claims linking a tattoo to her death.