By Elizabeth Angira
Two middle aged men have been brutally killed by unknown people at Nyamokenye village , Bonchari Sub County, Kisii County.
It is alleged that two, Erick Ogega 25 and Danvas Makembe 20, were suspects of theft.
Their bodies were found lying at the roadside near Nyamokenye primary school, with a rope tied around their neck.
According to the area residents they said that, for the past one month, they have been losing their properties, they reported the matter at Gesonso police station, still waiting for the police officers to take action.
Confirming the incidence, Kisii South OCPD Charles Machinji said that they have identified the bodies of the deceased persons, they are the residents of Nyang’iti, Bobasi Constituency.
The OCPD said that, the bodies of the deceased persons had bruises, they have been killed by blunt object.
Mr Machinji alluded that the two might have been killed on a different place, their bodies carried and dumped at Nyamokenye area on the roadside.
“They might been killed somewhere and their bodies transported by a vehicle and dumped here, “he said.
Mr Machinji said that they have launched investigation over the matter.
He warned the public not to take the law into their hands and urged them to report any incidence at the police station in order for the law to take its course.
According to him, this was the first incidence take has taken place on this month, last month they had only one case where a middle aged man was killed and tied with a rope and his body dumped near Suneka Airstrip.
The bodies of the deceased were transferred to Kisii teaching and Referral Hospital awaiting for postmortem.
According to WHO in 2019 an estimated 475 000 people worldwide were victims of homicide (global rate of 6.2 per 100 000). Rates in high-income countries/areas are generally lower than rates in low- and middle-income countries/areas. Some 80% of homicides occur in males and the highest rates are in males aged 15–29 years. Estimates are not calculated for countries with populations under 90 000 in 2019.