The body of a 25-year-old man was found dumped on the roadside after a suspected murder in Nyatieko area, Kisii County.
Police identified the victim as Kelvin Mose. His body with visible injuries in the head and partially chopped off right ear and swollen arms was discovered on Wednesday long after his murder.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary for autopsy and investigations.
Elsewhere in Kitobo, Taita Taveta County, one Lebro Kenturai, 40 was fatally attacked with a panga by a known person after an altercation. The man succumbed to the injuries at a local hospital. Police said the man had a deep cut in the head and that the assailant escaped the scene after the Wednesday incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and the hunt on the assailant.
In Bangale, Tana River County, one Paul Muriithi, 43 died in hospital after he had been assaulted by a man in an altercation.
Police said the search for the assailant continued on Thursday following the murder which happened on March 3, 2026.
The body was moved to the mortuary for autopsy.
In Machakos Town, one Jimmy Ndeto Mavika died in hospital after an assault by a Tuktuk driver in a road rage.
The driver is said to have punched the deceased in the head leaving him with fatal injuries.
This followed an altercation that broke out after Mavika accused the driver of attempting to hit him on the road.
Witnesses said the driver alighted and began assaulting the victim by punching him on the head and kicks in the stomach in the March 1, 2026 incident and a report was later made to the police.
The victim was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries on Wednesday March 4, 2026, his family and police said.
The police said they were looking for the driver for grilling and possible arraignment for murder.
The body was moved to the mortuary for a planned autopsy.
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