A 32 year old nurse Pherine Maero has allegedly poisoned her two sons and tried to kill herself in an apartment in Mwiyala village on the outskirts of Kakamega town.
The suspect alerted her husband of the incidence before taking poison and stabbed herself in the neck but was rescued by the police who came in on time.
The gate man Charles Akhonya confirmed that the husband who was staying away after a domestic violence came in at around 3am and found the sons dead before alerting the police.
Neighbours who were shocked by the incident termed the suspect as a person who easily caught emotions and was quick to act.
According to them, the sons have been away for a while and she recalled them on the day she killed them.
The suspect is fighting for her life at Kakamega Referral hospital in a critical condition as police launch investigation into the issue.
Bodies of the deceased are lying at the Kakamega Referral hospital morgue.