Police and rescue teams recovered a second body of a fisherman who went missing after a fishing expedition off the Kilifi coast ended in tragedy.
The two fishermen, including Joseph Randu Nzai, 20, left Muyu wa Kae Village in Magarini Subcounty on Friday morning aboard a small canoe for a fishing trip but failed to return.
On Saturday, the body of Nzai was found floating in the Indian Ocean.
Police officers from Marereni Police Station, assisted by detectives from the DCI in Magarini, visited the scene and confirmed the drowning incident.
A search-and-rescue operation ended Sunday after the body of the second fisherman was found.
The bodies of the deceased were moved to the Malindi SubCounty Hospital Mortuary for a post-mortem examination.
Police said investigations into the incident are ongoing.
Meanwhile, police in Migori county have launched a manhunt for a suspect accused of fatally injuring a 26-year-old man during a dispute over grazing land in Kuria West Subcounty.
The deceased, Charles Mogore Gimonge, was reportedly grazing his cattle on his farm on Friday when another herder allegedly drove his livestock onto the property.
According to police, a confrontation ensued after Gimonge ordered the suspect to remove the animals from his farm.
During the altercation, the suspect allegedly picked up a stone and struck the victim on the head, leaving him with serious injuries.
The injured man was rushed to BNM Hospital in Isebania for treatment, but succumbed to his injuries on Saturday.
Police said the suspect fled immediately after the incident and remains at large.
The body was moved to St Akidiva Hospital Mortuary in Mabera, where officers observed a head injury during examination.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted.
Detectives are planning to revisit the scene as investigations continue and efforts to trace the suspect intensify.
And police in Migori County have launched a manhunt for a 60-year-old man accused of killing his wife during a domestic dispute in Ntimaru Subcounty.
The suspect allegedly assaulted his 35-year-old wife, Consolata Mbusiro, to death during a quarrel at their home in the Makonge area on Saturday morning.
Police responded to the scene and found the woman’s body lying on her back with multiple injuries sustained from a brutal assault.
Preliminary investigations indicate the suspect used a wooden club to repeatedly beat the deceased all over her body.
Police said the suspect remained at the scene for some time after the attack before fleeing to an unknown destination ahead of the arrival of officers.
The suspected murder weapon, a wooden club, was recovered at the scene and will form part of the investigations.
The body was moved to Wima Mortuary in Kegonga pending a post-mortem examination.
Police have launched a search for the suspect as investigations into the murder continue.
And police in Siaya county launched a murder investigation after a 23-year-old man succumbed to injuries sustained in an apparent attack.
The deceased, identified as Philip Olweny, was pronounced
dead on Friday night while being transferred from Inuka Hospital to Siaya
County Referral Hospital.
According to police, Olweny was found at about 4:40 pm on Friday lying by the roadside near a bridge at Yiro West Sublocation along the Sidindi–Mumias Road.
A Good Samaritan rescued him and rushed him to Inuka Hospital for emergency treatment.
His family was later advised to transfer him to Siaya County Referral Hospital for specialised care, but he died while en route.
Police officers who examined the body at Rang’ala Mortuary established that the deceased had sustained a deep cut to the abdomen, indicating he had been attacked with a sharp object.
The body remains at the mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination as detectives investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal assault and seek to identify those responsible.
