Airbnb has released a statement addressing the brutal murders of two women that were claimed to have occurred within premises listed on the platform in Nairobi's Roysambu and South B areas.
In a statement, Airbnb expressed outrage at the events while emphasizing that the acts are unrelated to accommodation booked through the platform.
According to Airbnb, the places where the killings happened had no bookings on the platform for the stated dates, and the people involved in both cases did not have registered accounts.
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"Over the past week, Kenya has witnessed two heinous crimes in the city of Nairobi. We are saddened and shocked to learn of these events, and our thoughts are with the victims’ loved ones during this difficult time," reads the statement published on Airbnb's website.
"We can confirm that neither of these events were connected to stays on Airbnb. We do not have accounts registered to the names of the accused."
The first murder was reported, and popular socialite Starlet Wahu was discovered dead at an alleged Airbnb flat in South B.
According to police investigations, the deceased, 26, arrived at Papino Apartments the day before with a man who has subsequently been identified as 34-year-old John Matara.
Wahu and Matara were caught on video entering a lift within the apartment tower before disembarking on the fourth floor and heading to their room, which they had supposedly rented for the night.
Police discovered the deceased's lifeless corpse in a pool of blood inside the flat after Florence Ngina, the Airbnb's owner, told authorities that Matara had hurriedly left the premises wearing blood-stained clothing.
Only ten days after Wahu's gruesome murder, the dismembered remains of a 20-year-old woman were discovered in a garbage bag at a claimed Airbnb house in Roysambu.
Risper Muthoni, the Airbnb property owner, said she received a call from the apartment's carer, who discovered the aforementioned body parts.
