A couple was arrested after their daughter, aged five, died following a move
to discipline her in their house in Kebirigo, Nyamira County.
The incident happened on the morning of
September 30, 2025. The couple claimed the girl suffered from epilepsy and
collapsed during the incident.
But police said the body of the girl had visible
injuries on the head and face, raising questions about the parents’
explanation.
Other tenants at the residential apartment said
they heard the girl scream as she was being beaten before she suddenly went
silent.
It was then that the couple rushed her to the
local hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
The body was preserved at the mortuary pending
an autopsy and other procedures to establish the cause of death. Police have
since opened investigations into the circumstances of the incident.
Elsewhere, a family in Kilifi wants justice
after their 15-year-old daughter died from head injuries allegedly inflicted by
a teacher at Gongoni Primary School in Vipingo.
A post-mortem has revealed that the Grade 8 pupil
succumbed to internal bleeding.
Her father, Alex Tunje, says the late Anestine
developed a severe headache before she was taken to Kilifi Referral Hospital,
where she later died.
An autopsy revealed that the late Anestine had
been struck several times on the head with a blunt object, resulting in blood
clots in the brain.
Kilifi North Deputy County Commissioner Samuel
Mutisya said investigations are ongoing and that the authorities will take
necessary action once findings are complete.
The case has triggered outrage in the local
community, with parents demanding accountability from the school
administration.
Corporal punishment is outlawed in Kenya, yet reports of its continued use
occasionally emerge.
Elsewhere in Matisi, Webuye, Bungoma County,
one Alfred Soita Wekesa, 60, was found dead in his house after a suspected murder.
The body was found on September 30, 2025, with
multiple injuries and lying on his bed.
The man had been missing since September 26
before he was found dead in his house by relatives who had been searching for
him.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known,
and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and further
investigations.
And police are investigating a murder incident
after the body of a man was found along Tezo-Kilifi Road in Kilifi Town.
When police arrived at the scene, they said
they found blood oozing from the body, with an unopened soda and Sh50 lying
next to it.
He was identified as Amani Gohu, a boda boda
rider in the area.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known,
police said, as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
Police said they are investigating the case,
but they have not established the motive.
Murder cases have been on the rise in the
affected regions, with authorities acknowledging the worrying trend even as
families of victims call for speedy investigations and justice.
