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Latifah Akumu: Sister of Nairobi woman found dead 3 weeks after their mum’s burial speaks

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Latifah Akumu’s sister describes her ex-boyfriend as obsessive and controlling as detectives probe her death after her body was found in a river.

The sister of a 23-year-old Nairobi woman has broken her silence after detectives named the deceased's former boyfriend as a suspect in her alleged murder, a case that has left the Highrise area of Kibera in shock and mourning.

Latifah Akumu was reported missing by her family, who shared her photos widely on social media in a desperate attempt to find her.

Leads gathered through those online appeals eventually guided investigators to the Nithi River, where her body was subsequently recovered.

Nairobi family mourns after daughter dies 3 weeks after mum’s burial

Her disappearance came just three weeks after the family had buried their mother, compounding the grief in ways few families could imagine.

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