Woman found murdered in house in Siaya 

Police are investigating the murder of a woman aged 88 in a village in Ramula, Siaya County.

The murder incident happened on May 7 and her naked body was found on bed long after the incident, police said.

The motive of the murder is yet to be known. She was identified as Leonida Ogolla Adet.

Police said a hole was noticed in the sitting room of the house and it is suspected the assailants used it to access the woman and killed her.

The body was moved to a mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.

Police said they recovered a kitchen knife kit on the bed and it is being analysed for action.

Elsewhere in Ithanga, Muranga County, a farmhand attacked and killed a seven-year-old girl in an incident.

Police said the assailant also assaulted and seriously wounded the grandmother of the girl before escaping the scene.

The motive of the attack was not immediately known, police said of the May 7 incident.

The body of the girl was moved to the mortuary for autopsy and other procedures.

In Kithyoko, Machakos County, a 36-year-old man was attacked and killed by people who were said to be known to him.

The police said three men known to him picked him from his house and frog marched him to a local shopping centre where he was lynched over claims he was a livestock thief.

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

In Kasala, Kitui County, the body of a woman who had been missing was found in a house.

She was identified as Ruth Mukulwe, 58 and her body lay in a pool of blood when it was discovered on May 7.

Police officers visited the scene and gained entry into the house where they found the body lying in a pool of blood with multiple injuries on the head which seemed to have been inflicted by use of a blunt object.

The deceased lived with her son who has not been seen according to neighbors.

The body was moved to the mortuary for autopsy and investigations.