Mother allegedly poisons two-month old baby, self over domestic squabble

Police in Gem, Siaya county are probing the death of a two-month-old baby girl who died after she was allegedly poisoned by her mother.

The infant, Mary Adhiambo, died after her mother Linnet Achieng Ooko allegedly poisoned her after a domestic squabble with her husband on Thursday evening.

George Otieno Anyiyo, a senior Assistant Chief Asayi sub-location says the woman also consumed the poison after giving it to the child.

Reports indicate that the husband rushed the two to the nearby Asayi dispensary where they got first aid before being referred to Inuka Hospital.

The infant later succumbed to the posion while at the hospital, but the mother was treated and discharged.

Mr. Anyinyo said that preliminary investigations have established that the woman differed with her husband Dan Ooko over the latter’s unchastity .

The administrator said investigations are ongoing and the woman will be facing murder charges as soon as she has fully recovered.

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