An expectant woman was found murdered and her body dumped in a banana plantation in a village in Borabu, Nyamira county.
Police said the incident happened in Mwongori
area on Tuesday and involved a woman identified as Vane Mokua, 25, who was about six months
pregnant.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police
who attended the scene said.
The body was found lying in the banana
plantation belonging to a neighbour long after the murder.
Police said the body had deep cuts on the back
of the head and that both ears had been chopped off.
The ears were missing at the scene where the
body was lying.
The woman was last seen on Monday evening in
the area before the body was discovered by a worker, police and the neighbour
said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy
and other investigations. Police said on Wednesday no arrest had been made so
far.
Elsewhere in Kaptumo, Nandi County, one Kyalo
Nzau, 46 was found murdered in his house.
Police said the incident happened in Kapkio
village and added they suspect the man was murdered in a love triangle saga.
This was after the man was allegedly linked to the
wife of an assailant who trailed him prompting a fight that turned fatal.
He was hit in the head as he escaped the scene
and locked himself in his house where the body was discovered on Tuesday.
Police said a suspect was
arrested by the community members over the murder and handed over to police for
processing.
A jembe that was used in the murder was
recovered at the scene, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy
and investigations.
Murder cases have been on the rise amid efforts
to address them. Police say up to eight cases are reported daily in a worrying
trend.
Some of the cases are pending in court while others
are unsolved, police said.
More personnel are being trained to focus on homicide cases.
