A 31-year-old man was found murdered and his body abandoned on the roadside in Bahati area, Nakuru county.
The motive of the
murder of the man identified as Stephen Gitau Nganga was not immediately established.
His body was found lying in a pool of blood near Bahati Level Four Hospital after his attack, police said of the Tuesday incident.
The body had an injury to the head and the chest.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said they are
investigating the motive of the murder.
Elsewhere in Bumula,
Busia county, a man aged 83 died after he had been assaulted by another man on
the roadside.
Police said they were looking for a suspect for murder charges in connection with the death of Albert Sikhila in Namhele village.
The assailant is said to have committed the
incident jokingly, but it turned fatal.
The deceased was
rushed to hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police said.
Meanwhile, a wanted suspect surrendered to police after being on the run for a
week in Marigat, Baringo county.
Police said Jackson
Kimuge, 25, surrendered to Marigat police station following links to a murder
incident that happened on September 11 in Kapkirwok Village, Ketemwo
Sublocation, Kimondis Location involving a man.
He was produced in
court on Tuesday, where police applied for custodial orders and
were granted 14 days pending further investigations.
Murder cases have been on the rise in the area. Police have linked most of them to love triangle and land disputes.
Some of the cases have been solved and are pending in courts, while some are yet to be solved.
Police said they are investigating the pending cases for justice.
