3 arrested after woman dies after botched abortion in Nairobi

A man who assisted his wife procure a botched abortion leading to her death will face murder charges, the police has said.

The suspect alongside two suspected quack doctors who conducted the failed operation were arrested and will be arraigned in court.

This is after investigations by detectives based at DCI Starehe, who stumbled upon the lifeless body of a middle aged woman along Outering Road on new year’s eve and immediately launched investigations following the discovery.

The body which had been wrapped in a white bedsheet was discovered dumped in a storm water tunnel near Shell petrol station along the busy road.

Preliminary findings indicate that the woman may have been murdered elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene by unknown persons.

On Monday, the officers got wind that the body had been disposed at the scene after a botched operation conducted by a suspected quack doctor, who allegedly operates a clinic at Mathare Area 1.

The quack in consultation with another rogue doctor in Dandora phase 4, had tried to procure the abortion but when the patient developed complications, they opted to rush her to another backstreet clinic in Kiambu.

It is while on their way to Kiambu that the patient lost her life and the trio dumped her body in the storm water tunnel in a bid to cover their tracks, the detectives said.

Detectives have since arrested the two quacks and the deceased’s husband who facilitated payment for the botched exercise.

The three will answer to charges of murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the penal code, police investigating the incident said.

Cases of abortion have been on the rise in the country amid calls for safe ones.