Probe on after truck driver found dead on the steering on roadside in Kericho

Police are investigating an incident where a truck driver was found dead in his cabin along the Kisumu-Kericho highway in Kapsoit area.

The driver was later identified as Kimanzi Mulonzya, 44.

He had delivered raw cooking oil to Uganda and was driving back to Nairobi on December 12, 2025, when he parked the trailer near Medhill Health Centre, police said.

Witnesses said the lorry arrived there at about 9 am. It was until the following day, Saturday, that curious locals got concerned. They told police they did not see him get out of the lorry.

Police visited the scene and found the body on the steering and slumped to the back bed in the cabin.

Police removed the body and found assorted drugs used in the management of ulcers.

There was a bucket containing sputum in the cabin, police said. The management of the lorry was contacted for further processing as the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.

The driver was alone at that time.

Meanwhile, in Sondu, Kericho county, a 15-year-old boy drowned in a river while on a swimming session.

The boy had been with other colleagues at the Miriu river when he drowned on Friday evening. 

His body was retrieved from the water hours later.

The friends had to rush to their homes to seek help to get the body from the water after realising the boy had drowned.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures, police said.

Elsewhere in Kibera slums, Nairobi, one Fred Omollo was found dead in his bed. 

Police said they are yet to establish the cause of the 45-year-old man in his house. 

His friend had to pick him up on Saturday morning for them to proceed to a place where they had been working when he found him motionless.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy to establish the cause of the death.

In West Pokot’s Marich area, a 38-year-old man died after being assaulted in an altercation over a circumcision event.

He was assaulted using sticks and died on the spot.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said, adding they are investigating murder in the death of Daudi Pmatai Limasia.

The assailants escaped the scene on learning the man had died. A hunt for the said assailants is ongoing, police said on Sunday.