A 39-year-old man was stabbed and killed by his stepson in a domestic dispute in a village in Nyatike, Migori county.
Police said Bernard Odinga was stabbed in the chest and died as he was being taken to hospital following
the Saturday, August 23, incident in Obolo A village.
The man had married the mother
of the suspect as his second wife, and
for some time, the father and stepson had been quarreling,
locals said.
On Saturday, the two quarreled before the stepson, aged 25, stabbed the man and left his body on the roadside near their house.
The mother was home as the two fought outside the compound.
He escaped the scene as locals rushed Odinga to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy, even as the hunt for the said assailant goes on.
Elsewhere in Ragumo area, Kisumu county, a man’s body was found near Omungi Primary School.
The body of one Dancun Oyare, 47, who was a bodaboda rider in Nyamasaria area was found moments after he had ferried two pillion passengers from Mowlem to Chiga.
The two passengers who had hidden an axe in their coats attacked him on the head, killing him on the spot.
They then grabbed his motorcycle and rode off as an alarm was raised.
Other riders joined in the hunt, forcing the assailants to abandon the motorcycle at a house near Ogango Primary School and escape.
Police said the hunt for the assailants is ongoing and that the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Cases where bodaboda riders are killed or seriously wounded in robberies targeting their motorcycles have been on the rise.
Police advise the riders to always cooperate
with their attackers as part of their safety.
In Bungasi, Kakamega county, a man identified as Wilson Owino, 34, was found dead in a farm.
Police said his body bore bruises on the head, face and chest.
Locals in Barkelele
village said the deceased had fought with two other people who had assaulted him
fatally.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. The hunt for the assailant was ongoing on Monday, August 25, police said.
Murder cases are on the rise amid efforts by authorities to solve them. Up to eight cases are recorded daily, police say.
