A suspect who tried to access a home in a village in Vihiga County was found dead after he was electrocuted, police said.
The man had tried to switch off the power connection from the main switch to enable him to accomplish his mission when he was electrocuted on March 6, police said.
Police were called to Ebusikhale village and informed there was a dead body lying next to a meter box.
According to police, the deceased broke into the homestead, uprooted arrowroot, and proceeded to steal chicken at the poultry.
In the process, as he was trying to disconnect the electricity at the meter box, he was electrocuted and died on the spot.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Such cases of electrocution are common in villages due to among others poor wiring.
Elsewhere in Mbale, Busia County, police are investigating the murder of a 48-year-old man Lucas Opiyo Kubebea.
The man was allegedly assaulted by workers of his brother who accused him of stealing vegetables from a farm.
The four suspects are yet to be arrested.
The man succumbed to the injuries in hospital.
In another incident at Railway Estate, in Nakuru County, police are investigating the killing of a suspect by a mob.
Police discourage mob lynching and term it criminal.
The police want arrested suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
It was established that the deceased was subjected to mob injustice by unknown persons after he was found stealing manhole covers.
One manhole cover was recovered next to the body and kept as an exhibit before the body was moved to the mortuary.
