A 24-year-old taxi driver was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of one Kennedy Ngeno during a road rage incident in Nairobi.
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday morning along Bunyala Road by officers led by the Makadara Sub-County Police Commander Judy Nyongesa even as he denied the claims.
His arrest follows investigations into the murder of Ngeno, who was fatally stabbed in an incident reported on August 1, 2026.
He had been stabbed on August 1, at dawn.
Police said the suspect was booked at Industrial
Area Police Station on a murder charge as investigations continue. His
lawyer who was at the station denied the claims.
This is even as a CCTV footage of the scene showed how the attack happened.
An autopsy on the body of Ngeno showed he was stabbed multiple times in the chest and stomach.
The stabs raptured his heart, pathologists said adding there were five stab wounds.
Authorities are expected to arraign the suspect in court under a miscellaneous application to seek his detention pending further probe.
Ngeno, 30 was stabbed to death in a road rage confrontation near Nyayo National Stadium along Mombasa Road, Nairobi County.
The victim is said to have been attacked by the online taxi driver following a heated altercation after a minor accident on August 1, dawn 2026, police and his family said.
According to his family, Ngeno was travelling to Nairobi from his rural home in Roret, Kericho County, on Friday July 31 but first stopped at his cousin's home in Uthiru, where they went out for drinks and later proceeded to Pipeline with friends who were travelling in a separate vehicle.
His relative said at the mortuary that when they arrived at the scene of crime, the driver hit their car from behind and were forced to park on the roadside but the assailant remained aggressive and approached them.
"He came to the front and hit the windscreen. We saw that he is violent, we tried to escape 50 metres ahead and called Ken to tell him that someone has hit us and has shattered the windscreen," he said.
The taxi driver, who was seen in a video arguing with the deceased, is said to have picked a knife from his car and stabbed Ngeno multiple times flooring him.
Another person at the scene was injured and taken to the hospital.
Those present rushed Ngeno to Mbagathi Hospital and were then referred to Kenyatta National Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The killer weapon has not been recovered.
His wife Dorcas Ngeno said that he was the
family's breadwinner, pleading for justice to be served.
Nyongesa said detectives retrieved the taxi driver’s details from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), a crucial lead that enabled his arrest.
The police told trailed the suspect as he went on with his work and stopped him before he was arrested.
His mother also arrived at the station to defend him.
