Detectives are investigating an incident where the body of a bodaboda rider was found hanged on a tree after he had been murdered elsewhere in Baricho, Kirinyaga County.
The body of Godfrey Kinyua Nguru, 28, was found hanging from a tree, and it was later established that the deceased was murdered elsewhere and brought to the scene.
Police said the hanging was meant to fake a
suicide incident in the Mukithi village.
This left the village shocked and demanding
justice for the victim in the Monday incident, police said.
His motorcycle was abandoned about 200 meters from the crime scene.
The body, which had visible injuries on the right hand near the wrist and the neck, was moved to Kerugoya Referral Hospital, waiting for a postmortem.
Elsewhere in Kiugoine, Nakuru County, a man and his friend were arrested after
fatally assaulting a woman in a domestic fight.
Neighbours had called police to report that the two
were assaulting the woman.
She was rescued and rushed to the hospital, where
she succumbed to the injuries in the June 30 incident.
It was later established that the two, including the husband, disagreed with Mary Wanjiru, 36, which led to a physical confrontation.
They were together and on the way home when a disagreement ensued, resulting in a fight that escalated to their home.
The two punched her in the head and chest
using their fists, flooring her, police said.
She was rushed to Kabatini dispensary, where
she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was later moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and investigations.
The police said the two were detained to help in ongoing investigations.
In Turkana, a man was arrested after a woman
he was accused of assaulting died in the hospital.
Police said the deceased, identified as Mercyline Ajiko, 36, succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment at a
local hospital on Sunday evening.
Preliminary investigations revealed that there
was a domestic misunderstanding between the accused and the deceased, which led
to the fight that happened in Kailoseget village in Kanamkemer area.
The accused husband was arrested pending
investigations into murder, police said.
The body was moved to a local mortuary pending an autopsy.
