A herder was found dead after a murder incident in a forest in Kyuso, Kitui County.
Police said the man, identified as Mwanzia Kaki, 27, had a deep
cut in the chin, a deep wound in the rib and his body lay in a pool of blood.
Kaki was found dead in a forest
in the Mandongoi area on Tuesday, and police said they are investigating a murder in the
saga.
According to his employer, the deceased is
reported to have left their manyatta with herds of goats on August 31 but
failed to return.
Witnesses said his goats were seen returning in
different intervals while unattended.
This forced the employer and locals to start
searching for the deceased until two days later, when they spotted the deceased
lying dead in a pool of blood.
The motive of the killing was not immediately
established, and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
Police say they have been recording a rise in
murder cases targeting herders in the area. The police link the murder to the
fight over pasture in the area. Some of the incidents are pending unsolved.
Elsewhere in Kerina, Kisii County, a 39-year-old
man was found murdered and his body abandoned on a cultivated farm.
The motive of the murder of Erick Onchoke was
not immediately known. His body had deep cuts on the leg.
The police moved the body to the mortuary
pending an autopsy and investigations.
No arrest has been made so far, police said.
Elsewhere, a police officer is admitted to the hospital in
Thika after he was injured during a robbery mission in Thika Town.
The officer was off duty and was on his way to
his Lamu home when he was on Monday dawn attacked and stabbed in the shoulder
in a robbery attempt.
The attackers grabbed his Sh3,000 and a mobile
phone before escaping.
He was rescued and rushed to the hospital, where
he is recuperating.
Police said they are hunting for the suspects behind the incident.
