Detectives are investigating an incident where a boda boda rider was tortured to death by three men he had threatened to report to authorities in connection with a spate of burglaries in the Isana area, Kisii County.
According to his friends and family, the rider had planned to report the three to the local authorities over the claims. He also worked as a night guard in the area.
Police said the suspects got wind of the plans and caught up with Peter Motari, 54, whom they tortured to death.
They killed him in a house in the area before fleeing the scene, police said of the November 18, 2025, incident.
The woman whose house the incident happened in reported the matter to the police.
Police said the body had serious injuries to the head.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The hunt for the gang is ongoing, police said on Wednesday, amid protests from locals who demanded action and justice.
Such murder incidents are common in the area, with vigilante groups leading the trend. Police are yet to solve some of the incidents.
Police have in the past arrested and charged some of the suspects linked to the spate of crimes in the area.
This followed protests that the gangs operate with impunity in the name of helping police check on crime in general.
Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident where a man was found dead at the Turkana County headquarters offices.
The body of the man, identified as Solomon Okech, was found sandwiched between two vehicles that were parked in the parking yard.
The man worked at the Ministry of Cooperative and Micro Small Enterprise, police said.
The deceased was in the company of three other state officers who had come from Nairobi cooperative offices for capacity building of livestock cooperative societies in Turkana County.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures
