• The deceased, Enock Nyakieya, is said to have been bludgeoned and left for dead in a room in the Plumbing shopping centre area by a vigilante group.
• He succumbed to the injuries at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital several days later
Police in Nyamarambe, Kisii county, on Tuesday arrested an assistant chief and his eight other accomplices for the killing of a 16-year-old minor in the Iringa area.
The deceased, Enock Nyakieya, is said to have been bludgeoned and left for dead in a room in the Plumbing shopping centre area by a vigilante group.
He succumbed to the injuries at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital several days later while undergoing treatment.
The incident occurred on December 17 last year at the Iringa area along Kamagambo-Nyamarambe road sparking protests by boda boda operators.
On Tuesday, villagers and the deceased mother accused the rogue administrator of sending the vigilante group to kill the minor.
"Even as we plan to bury him, we agitate for justice as a family. He was our only son and was not known for any crime," said Daniel Moseti.
Josephine Oyaka, the mother, defended her son saying she was innocent claiming that the son met his death at the hands of the administrator.
"He was doing his normal work when the chief sent some vigilantes to arrest my son. What is baffling is that they took him to an illegal office where they inflicted wounds on his head leaving him for dead," she tearfully narrated to journalists.
Other youths who were with the deceased on the material day are said to be nursing injuries after being brutalised by the same vigilantes.
Reports indicate that the boy had been warned by the assistant chief to desist from dating a standard eight pupil.
He is said to have responded to the assistant chief's plea by attacking the administrator's homestead.
Sub-County Police Commander Samson Rukunga said they are still investigating the matter.
"So far we have arrested the said administrator and other accomplices who were at the scene. I want to assure the family of quick justice as we near completion of the investigations," said Rukunga.
No amount of crime, he said, should compel a person to take the law into his or her hands.