Man found dead in public toilet along Ngong Road

Detectives are investigating an incident where a man was found dead in a public toilet near the Kenya Medical Training College gate along Ngong Road, Nairobi.

The toilet belongs to the Nairobi County Government.

A cleaner told police he had gone to wash the toilet as it is a routine when he stumbled on the body of the man on Monday evening.

The cleaner was concerned the man had overstayed in the toilet and he was not responding to knocks on the door.

He used a ladder to gain access and view the interior of the toilet when he saw the victim lying on the floor motionless.

Police were called and broke into the toilet where they confirmed Joseph Nyanganyi, 74 had died.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. It is not clear what caused his death and where he had been.

A crowd gathered at the scene as it was being processed.

The toilets are usually open for public use but at a fee. They are managed by different entities who pay the county government.

Those who run the toilets are charged with cleaning them all the time.

Elsewhere in Lamu’s Witu area, one Jefferson Mwavuli, 38 was shot and killed by an arrow by his father-in-law in a dispute over land.

The assailant escaped the scene after the attack as police arrived to pick up the body to the mortuary for other procedures.

Police said on Tuesday they were still pursuing the assailant for questioning.

The arrow was found lodged in his scrotum and removed as an exhibit pending investigations, police said of the March 2 incident.

In Kiembeni area, Mombasa County, a suspect was stoned to death after he tried to steal a gas cylinder from a shop.

An alarm was raised attracting a mob who stoned him to death. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise amid calls to address the trend.

Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for grilling and possible arraignment.