Police have launched a manhunt for a man who stabbed his girlfriend to death in Biafra slums Nairobi on Sunday.

The deceased, Serah Ndunge Musyoki, 20, was found with stab wounds in her house on Sunday night, long after the attack, according to the police.

Her death brings to about 25, the number of women killed in the last two months, according to police records.

Criticism continued

She was rushed to Mother and Child Hospital along Yusuf Haji Avenue where she succumbed while undergoing treatment.

Police said the attacker who is known to the family as her boyfriend is at large and efforts to trace him are ongoing.

Investigations have been launched but by yesterday the motive of the attack was yet to be established. The detectives said she had several stab wounds on her chest.

“The motive of the killing is yet to be known. The deceased and the man were the only people in the house when the attack took place,” police said.

Police said the man and deceased woman were the only ones who were in the house at the time of the murder incident

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.

Police records indicate there has been an increase in killings across the country with some suspected to be ritual killings. Most of the victims have been women.

On Saturday, a section of women staged protests in major towns in the country to condemn what they termed as femicide.