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Woman murdered, body with stab wounds dumped on farm in Ongata Rongai

The body was discovered by a man who was jogging around the farm, police said.

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by CYRUS OMBATI

News01 October 2025 - 09:17
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  • The man told police he was on a morning physical fitness exercise when he spotted the body lying there.
  • Police were called and confirmed the body was of a female aged about 30 and lay in a ditch.
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Detectives are investigating an incident where a woman was found murdered and her body dumped on a farm in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado county.

The body of the woman was discovered on September 29, 2025, by a man who was jogging around the farm, police said.

The man told police he was on a morning physical fitness exercise when he spotted the body lying there.

Police were called and confirmed the body was of a female aged about 30 and lay in a ditch.

The body had stab wounds in the head and bruises on the stomach and legs consistent with dragging on a rough surface.

Police said the woman was killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene.

The motive of the murder is yet to be established, police said.

She was wearing a red and black jumper and a red top, but her lower body was naked.

Police said her pants and blue jean trousers were left hanging on her left leg.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy.

No arrest has been made so far, police said on Tuesday.

Elsewhere in Ngoswani, Narok county, a man was found murdered in his farm, police said.

The man identified as Micah Lotiken, 25, was a herder, police said after visiting the scene.

It was established that the body lay in a shallow pit within the farm and was covered with a blanket and dry cow dung.

The motive was not immediately known.

Police said the body had a deep cut on the forehead and multiple swollen blister wounds on the upper anatomy inflicted by a blunt object.

The deceased also appeared to have been strangled using a wire that was found tied around his neck.

Police said they recovered a metal club, a walking stick with blood stains and other exhibits from the scene of the murder before moving the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Meanwhile, police in Wanguru, Kirinyaga county are investigating a murder in an incident where the body of a woman was found at a local market.

The body of Josephine Wangui, 77, was found in Gachuria Moyo market in Kamunyange Sublocation Murinduko location, police said.

The naked body had visible injuries on the back of the head.

Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

In another incident, a man was trapped and killed after a house collapsed on him in Mbaraki, Mombasa county.

The incident happened in the Star of the Sea area on Monday afternoon.

It was established that the deceased with others, was demolishing the old structure when the wall collapsed on him, fatally trapping him.

Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

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