Detectives
are investigating an incident where an attendant
at a forex bureau was found murdered and his body dumped in a thicket in
Namanga, Kajiado County.
Sebastian Kiptoo Birech worked for Namanga Forex
bureau when he was found dead on May 29, police said.
His body was folded in a sack and dumped in a thicket beside the road at the Kichinjio area.
Police visited the scene of the crime and
established that the victim may have been killed somewhere else before his body
was dumped at the scene.
The body had visible injuries on the head and
neck.
The body, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, had
blood stains.
The victim has been working at the said bureau
since February 2024.
He was last seen alive on the previous day.
The
motive of the murder is yet to be known. The body was picked up by the mortuary
pending autopsy and other investigations.
Elsewhere in Kamandio sub-location, Kitui
County, one Benson Kilonzi, 20, died from assault injuries he sustained
earlier on.
The man was stabbed by a person known to him
before he died in the hospital.
Police said they are looking for the assailant.
In Masaba North, Nyamira County, a 14-year-old
boy was found dead in their house after he had been beaten up over claims he
stole three mobile phones and Sh1,000.
Police said they are investigating a murder in the
saga. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police say murder cases have been on the rise amid efforts to
solve the trend.
Most of the cases are pending in court. Up to eight murder
cases are reported daily, police say.
In Naivasha, a man died after a huge stone fell
on him at a quarry.
The incident happened at Kwa Makara – Kinamba
Sub Location and involved one Simon Manyara, 51.
He was among those at the quarry excavating
stones when he was killed.
Police said they arrived at the scene and found
the body of the deceased covered with rock debris before moving it to the
mortuary pending investigations.