Man murdered by brother in altercation in bar in Uriri

A man hacked his brother to death in an altercation in a village in Ayego, Uriri, Migori County.

The body of Kelvin Ochieng, 40, was found near his bar where the attack happened on Tuesday, February 17 dawn.

It is not clear what prompted the argument that went physical and tragic. He was hit by a blunt object and died on the roadside, police said.

Police said they had been informed the two had family differences which led to the fatal attack.

The suspect is on the run and efforts to arrest him were ongoing, police said as they moved the body too the mortuary for autopsy.

In Tulia, Kitui County, one Alex Ngumbi Kamile, 24 was found lying dead some 300 metres from his homestead with a white ligature tied round his neck.

It was established that the deceased who was lying on his stomach in the bush near a river bank had a white ligature tightly tied around his neck with blood oozing from his mouth.

The deceased also had no shirt and beside him was a black jacket, sandals and his two red t-shirts were on top of the tree. It was further established that the deceased who had just travelled from Nairobi where he resides arrived home on Saturday February 14, 2026.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

Elsewhere, three people drowned in separate incidents, police said.

The first incident was reported in Mananja, Machakos County where the lifeless body of one Joseph Gashaba, 30 was found drowned in River Tana.

In Gachoka, Mbeere, Embu County, a decomposed body of a man was found in river Kapingazi. The man is believed to have drowned or killed and his body dumped at the scene.

The body was moved to the mortuary

In Lungalunga, Nairobi a one-and-half-year-old girl who was missing was found drowned at a construction site.

The body of the baby was found in a septic tank long after she had drowned. The circumstances surrounding the drowning were not clear, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary.