Man's body with multiple cuts found in Nairobi River

Police are investigating an incident where the body of an unidentified man was found floating in Nairobi River in Dandora Phase 4.

The incident was reported on March 8 at around 8.30 am after the body was spotted along the river at the Gitare Marigo area.

Upon examination, police discovered the body had multiple deep cuts on the head, chest, neck and back, injuries that investigators say are inconsistent with drowning and are believed to have been inflicted using sharp objects.

Detectives suspect the man may have been killed elsewhere and the body was dumped into the swollen river.

The scene was processed by crime scene investigators and the body moved to Nairobi Funeral Home awaiting identification and postmortem examination.

In Samburu, Kwale county, a 25-year-old man drowned in a water pan he was swimming in.

He was identified as Matano Mwindi. Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

Police said on Tuesday they are investigating three separate murder incidents reported on Sunday alone.

In Naisambu, Trans Nzoia county, a boda boda rider was stabbed and killed in a robbery incident.

The rider, Bernard Wekesa aged 23, had carried two pillion passengers from Kitale town to Red Cross when they turned out to be thugs and fatally stabbed him.

The suspects escaped with his motorcycle. The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem.

Police said they were pursuing the assailants.

In Songor, Kisumu county, a man identified as Isaac Kipsang was killed in an argument with four other men.

This is after he allegedly bit another man in the lips seriously injuring him.

In retaliation, the other suspects clobbered him to death. Police said one suspect was arrested over the incident as the body was moved to the mortuary.

Elsewhere in Mamba, Kwale county, one Samuel Gereza, 59, was found dead with three arrows lodged in his body.

Police said the deceased was confronted in his house and killed by unknown assailants on Sunday morning. The motive of the murder was not immediately known and the body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem, police said.

Such murder incidents in the area in the past have been linked to land disputes.