Man found murdered, body abandoned on roadside in Rangwe, Homa Bay


Detectives are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found lying on the roadside in Rangwe, Homa Bay County.

The body of Jared Adeng, 37 was found with physical head injury.

The motive of the murder was not immediately known.

Police said they are investigating the incident as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy over the October 13, 2025 incident.

In Imenti, Meru County, one Francis Mugwika, 68 was found dead in a river after suspected murder.

The body was found in River Rware by a passerby who called police.

Police said the body had bruises on the forehead and blood was oozing from the left side of the ear. The motive of the murder was not immediately known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.

And tragedy struck a family when a two-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in Watamu, Kilifi County.

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The incident happened at Tembo Village swimming pool as a group of children played there.

The deceased child is said to have slipped and drowned in the pool which is in an apartment.

The boy was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital, police said.

Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

Meanwhile, multi-agency teams are looking for a prisoner who escaped from Chuka GK prisons on October 12, 2025.

Officials at the facility reported that the prisoner identified as Kelvin Murithi Njue who had been sentenced to three years in jail for house breaking had escaped after scaling a fence.

Efforts to trace him were ongoing.

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