A female secondary school teacher was on Monday, December 7, in connection with the attempted murder of Machakos Senator Boniface Kabaka.
According to Daily Nation, the teacher, identified as Esther Nthenya Muli, was being held in connection with the incident.
The senator was reportedly rushed to Nairobi Hospital after developing complications on Friday, December 4.
A report had emerged that day that the lawmaker had reportedly fallen ill while in the company of a woman in Kilimani, claim the family has vehemently denied.
A police report claimed that the Senator had checked into the apartment on Thursday afternoon, December 3, accompanied by a woman.
The police statement also alleged that the woman informed detectives that she was with the Senator in the apartment when he started complaining of severe headache and asked her to find some medicine.
“At the scene, the said woman was found and informed detectives that she was with the Senator in the apartment when he suddenly started complaining of a severe headache and asked her to look for paracetamols,” read the police report at the time
In their own statement, the family revealed that Kabaka may have suffered from a blood clot.
"As the family of Senator Kabaka, we promise to keep Machakos County residents and his friends from around the country updated on the state of the health of the Senator," revealed the statement at the time.
It is alleged that the situation worsened and the woman was forced to call for an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
The Senator had allegedly complained of severe headache while in the company of the woman in question.
It is not clear whether Nthenya was the woman suspected to have been in the company of Kabaka.
