A man was arrested after he hit his father in a domestic
feud in Naishi, Njoro, Nakuru County, leading to his death two days later.
According to the police, the deceased was identified as
Peter Mugi, 69.
The assailant used a jembe to hit the father in the head,
inflicting deadly injuries.
He was rushed to the hospital after the July 15, 2025,
incident, where he was attended to and discharged.
He developed complications two days later, with his body
being swollen, before he was rushed back to the hospital, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said the man had visible injuries on the forehead and
a swollen head.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Meanwhile, police in Sotik, Bomet County, are investigating
the death of a student with the National Youth Service whose body was found in
the area.
He was rushed to Kapkatet County Hospital, where he
succumbed to the injuries and was later identified as Vincent Kirenge Otieno.
He was on secondment to the Bureti National Polytechnic and
studying electrical operations.
The body was preserved at the local mortuary pending autopsy
and other investigations, police said of the July 17 incident.
And a man drowned in a 30-foot borehole at a home in Keroka
town, Kisii County.
The body of Zachariah Nyasende Nyamwaya was found in the
well long after he had drowned.
The body was retrieved from the well by members of the
public, and it had no visible physical injuries.
Police said they are
investigating how he died. A
n autopsy is planned on the body to determine the cause of
the death, police said on Thursday July 17.
Police are investigating the incident.
