A man who was thought to have died and was buried in a village in Chwele, Bungoma County resurfaced home sending the area into panic.
And following the developments, police exhumed the body from the grave and took it back to the mortuary pending identification.
Locals in Lurende village had thought the deceased was Bernard Wekesa, 42 and buried him. Days later, Wekesa resurfaced.
This forced the locals to report the matter to police. Police moved to court and obtained an order to exhume the body of unknown person.
The exhumation took place on Sunday October 26, 2025.
Police said they are working to solve the matter.
Meanwhile, a form two student succumbed to bullet injuries following a banditry attack in Ntimaru, Migori County.
The student at St Joseph Ntimaru Secondary School succumbed to his injuries following the October 22, 2025 shooting incident in the area during an attack by gunmen who escaped with an unknown number of livestock.
Police said the boy aged 16 died at a hospital in Kisumu where he had been rushed to for attention.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy, police said of the October 26, 2025 incident.
Cases of armed cattle rustling have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to contain the trend. Police say locals are now purchasing firearms for counter attacks.
More security personnel have been deployed to the area to address the menace, police said amid fears of more attacks.
Officials say most of the stolen animals are sold elsewhere and efforts to seal all the loopholes in the business are ongoing.
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