A businessman was murdered in cold blood in his house in a robbery in Kimana area, Kajiado County.
Police said the incident happened on Wednesday August 27, 2025 night and left Benson Mutua Munguti, 43 with a fatal slit throat.
A gang raided his home in Tikondo village and terrorized the family before killing him.
His wife and young son were spared as they hid in a separate room.
They later screamed for help. This was as the attackers left the scene.
The attackers wore gloves in the mission indicating they targeted Munguti and did not want investigations to trace them.
Bloodstained gloves were recovered in a nearby bush by police who visited the scene.
Police said they believe the gang wanted to cover their actions and that the gloves may help in opening the case.
It was later established the gang grabbed a television set that was in the house and valued at Sh9,000 and escaped with it.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Elsewhere in Vitengeni, Kilifi County’s Dida village, a woman aged about 100 years was found murdered in her house.
Police said the woman lived alone and was hacked to death in her house on August 27.
The assailants gained entry into the house after removing some bricks from the wall as the woman slept.
The body of the woman identified as Choni Kazungu was found in her bed with injuries in the head long after the murder.
No arrest had been made by Thursday but police said they were pursuing leads into the incident.
In Hola, Tana River County, a 35-year-old man who had been missing was found dead near River Tana.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
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