A man was stabbed
and killed in his house in Waruku area, Kangemi, Nairobi.
Police said the
deceased identified as Martin Munyao Kitulu was in his house when the assailant
confronted him there on Saturday night and stabbed him in the neck.
The assailant was
known to the deceased, police and the neighbours said.
The man was rushed
to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending autopsy and hunt on the assailant.
Meanwhile, a man who had
been missing for more than seven days was found dead and his body dumped in a
maize plantation in Waitaluk, Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County.
Police said John Muna
Muiruri, 48 had earlier been reported as a missing person on June 27.
The body had physical
injuries on the back, head, and stab wounds on the abdomen when it was found on
July 3, police said.
Police said they do not
know the motive of the murder and no arrest has been made so far.
Meanwhile, police are
investigating a murder in an incident where a man was stabbed and killed in an
altercation in Iftin, Garissa County.
The deceased was
identified as Dennis Munyau who was an employee of a water bottling company in
the area.
He was stabbed in the
back by a man who had earlier on tried to extort money from him, police said.
The deceased and the
assailant argued before Munyau escaped from a point where they were to seek
refuge elsewhere outside the company compound in the July 4 incident.
The assailant trailed and
stabbed him in the back and head killing him.
He was rushed to a local
hospital where he died while being attended to.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy as the hunt for the assailant went on, police said.
In Athi River area,
Machakos County, a man was lynched by a mob on the claim that he was stealing iron
sheets.
The body of Mutuku
Musyoki was found lying on the roadside badly burnt after he had been stoned to
death.
Police moved the body to
the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
