A quarrel between two
brothers over a memory card turned tragic when one of them attacked the other
using a panga, killing him in Cheptais, Bungoma County.
According to police, the
two brothers included one aged 19 who was in form three and another one aged 15
and a grade eight student in the area.
The younger brother
attacked the elder one using a sharp panga on the neck and head, killing him.
He escaped the scene. They
had argued over the memory card in their house before the argument went
confrontational on May 27, police said.
Efforts to trace him are
ongoing, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary.
Elsewhere, detectives are
investigating an incident where a 70-year-old man was found murdered in Ganze,
Kilifi County.
Police said the body of
Samuel Thoya Baya was found in the village after an attack.
He had gone to Dzikunge
area for shopping on May 27 when the incident happened.
The motive of the
incident is yet to be known. Cases of murder targeting elderly people are on
the rise in the area amid a campaign to address them.
In Koibatek, Baringo
County, a man was found dead after murder in Narasha forest.
The body of Jonathan Rono, 40, was found lying on its back with serious head and hand injuries suspected to have been caused by a sharp object.
Preliminary investigations
indicated that the deceased left his home in Tachasis village for the Arama
centre but never returned in the evening on May 26.
The motive of the murder
is yet to be established.
In Kipsaina, Trans Nzoia, a man identified as Humphrey Wamalwa was found dead after a fight with another man over a
woman.
Police said the assailant
accused the deceased of having an affair with his wife, prompting a fight that turned
fatal.
The assailant escaped the
scene of Huruma village.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police say cases of
murder are on the rise in parts of the country.
Up to eight cases are reported daily in the worrying trend. Some of them are pending investigation.
