Ms. Jackline Auma a househelp from Kisumu has been charged with murder after killing her employer together with her child in Muhoroni in Kisumu County.
Ms Auma on Wednesday appeared before High Court Judge Fred Ochien’g, where she pleaded not guilty of the charges after she under went a mental assessment .
Auma of Ugandan national, murdered Mrs Elizabeth Achien’g and her three-month old son in June, this year where she stabbed the 26-year-old woman and her baby before fleeing the country.
She was arrested in Uganda and brought back to the country to face trial.
The accused was denied bail after the judge insisted that she is a flight risk.
“You have a history of fleeing the country and that is a compelling reason not to be given bond,” said the judge.
Ms Achieng’s body had several knife wounds on the chest and burns on the left side of her body which her husband, Evans Otieno, said was inflicted by a hot iron box that was found beside her body.
The accused had lived with the family for only one month and did not present any identification card to her employer.
The case will be heard from November 6, 2018.