Prostitution murders in Kenya
2010 - today
January 2 2020: name unknown, Machakos. 1)
May 17 2019: Elizabeth Njoki, age 22, Hurlingham, Nairobi, was strangled and stabbed to death 2)
March 23 2019: Joyce Ndinda, 20, Kisauni Mombasa 3)
March 26 2018: Anita Nyambura, Koinange Street, Nairobi. Anita was addicted to alcohol and drugs and subjected to a lot of violence as the bruises and scars on her body showed.
December 2017: Jescah, Nyanchwa Estate, Kisii, gang-raped and murdered
April 2 2017: Name unknown, Mombasa, was murdered by a sexbuyer 4)
March 2017: three unnamed women, Club Casablanca, Mombasa, murdered by sexbuyers 5)
„In 2016 alone, 25 female sex workers were killed in Kenya, according to a report by the Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (Keswa) and Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme.“ 6)
March 2016: name unknown, Majengo, Nairobi, was stabbed to death by a sexbuyer due to a disagreement on the pay. He was lynched by an angry mob.
February 17 2016: Name unkown, middle aged, Naivasha, was found dead in her house
January 17 2016: Maureen Wanjiru, “Wahu”, 28, Nakuru, murdered by Ashton Wachira
January 16 2016: Linah Cherotich, 51, Nakuru, murdered by Willy Chepkwony
January 7 2016: Grace Wangari, 28, Nakuru, was found dead at a lodging in Tumaini building. Wangari, who had a two year-old child, had only just joined the business.
October 10 2015: Eunice Wanjku Njuguna, 29, Nyahururu Town, Kenya, murdered by a sexbuyer in a hotel room
October 2015: Eunice Njeri, Nakuru, 33, Nakuru, stabbed to death
October 2015: „Kenyan police are investigating the murders of 10 women working as prostitutes, a record number of attacks in one month“
April 26 2014: name unknown, Huruma, Estate, Nairobi, Kenya, her body was found under the bed in a lodging
February 2 2010: Jacqueline Wambui, 25, Suitable Lodging House, Thika, Kenya, murdered by sexbuyer and serial killer Philip Onyancha in the red light district, body was found naked and the neck broken,
January 2010: Hellen Nyambura, Rwambogo Lodgings, Thika, Kenya, body was found with the neck broken and stashed under the bed in the red light district, murdered by serial killer Philip Onyancha