Crime scene
Police were stranded with a decomposed body at their station and in a vehicle after three mortuaries refused to admit it in Uasin Gishu county.
Officials cited lack of space.
The body was recovered from Mugoya Dam in Soy subcounty, Uasin Gishu county.
The incident was reported on June 16 after a man grazing his sheep spotted it floating in the dam.
Police officers visited the scene and confirmed the body was floating in the water and fire brigade personnel from Uasin Gishu county retrieved it.
A preliminary examination established that the deceased was an unknown African male adult aged about 35 years.
The body had already started decomposing. Crime scene personnel documented and photographed the scene before investigations commenced.
The body was held at Kamukunji police station pending arrangements for admission to a mortuary as investigations continue to establish the deceased’s identity and the cause of death.
Police said the body was later taken to a local mortuary on Wednesday following intervention.
Officials at the station had complained of the bad smell from the body, saying it was affecting their work.
Meanwhile, police have launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was discovered at the bank of River Thuci in Mukuria Village, Embu East subcounty.
The incident was reported on June 16, 2026 after members of the public spotted the body at the riverbank in Mukuria sublocation.
Police are working to establish the cause of death and identify the deceased as investigations continue.
Elsewhere, police have launched investigations after a 51-year-old man was found dead beside a road in Murang’a South subcounty.
The incident was on June 16, 2026, at about 7.33pm after the body was spotted lying beside the Kenol–Kimorori road.
Police officers visited the scene and identified the deceased as Charles Njoroge Ndungu, 51.
The body was found lying on its back with no visible physical injuries. Police have launched investigations to establish the cause and circumstances surrounding the death before the body is moved to a mortuary for a post-mortem examination.
