Police are investigating an incident in which the body of an unidentified man was dumped at the compound of a dispensary in Kikuyu, Kiambu County.
The body was taken to the James Gichuru Dispensary in the Nderi area on Sunday morning and left there by unknown people, police and facility management said.
The body of the man, aged about 30, had visible head injuries when it was abandoned in the compound.
Police said they moved the body to the mortuary pending further procedures, including identification and an autopsy.
Mystery surrounds the motive for the murder.
On Tuesday, police asked those whose relatives are missing to report to the local police station for investigations.
Elsewhere in Kahuro, Murang’a County, a body was found lying on a piece of land after a suspected murder.
The body was found in Githagara location and later identified as that of David Irungu Kamunya, 39.
It was moved to the mortuary for an autopsy and other procedures.
Police said no arrest had been made over the December 14 incident.
In Uthiru, a man was stoned to death after he was found harvesting yams from a farm.
The owner of the farm raised an alarm, and locals responded by stoning him to death. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police said.
In Nanyuki, police said they are investigating the death of Omar Juma Saidi, 58, in his house.
His body did not have any visible injuries at the time of discovery. It was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Luanda, Vihiga County’s Lwobela area, Jacob Apoka, 41, was found dead in his bed after a suspected murder.
The body had injuries to the legs, hands, face and back.
Police said the man was killed at the scene and the motive is yet to be established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
A hunt for the suspected assailants continued on Monday, police said.
A 25-year-old man also died after being assaulted during an altercation in a bar in Ntimaru, Migori County.
The victim was identified as David Marwa. He had been at a bar in the area when a brawl broke out between him and people known to him on December 14.
He disclosed the names of the people who assaulted him before he died, police said.
He was assaulted and left with serious head injuries.
He went to his home in the area and sought help from his parents, who took him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending further procedures. The assailants escaped the scene, and efforts to trace them were ongoing on Monday, police said.
In Kangema, Murang’a County, suspected thugs raided Marimera Coffee Factory and stole 480 kilos of P1 parchment coffee.
Police said they are investigating the incident.
In Ngara, Nairobi, a caretaker of an apartment was seriously injured by a live wire on top of a tank he was cleaning.
The 74-year-old man was admitted to hospital after the Sunday incident. Police said the cables were lying low near the tank when he touched them.
