Police are investigating an incident where a 24-year-old man died after he was reportedly hit on the forehead with a stone following a disagreement outside a hotel in Nairobi’s Dagoretti area.
The incident occurred on Sunday, September 27, 2026, within the N-Market area, police said.
Police said the incident was reported by a woman who operates a hotel in the area. She alerted officers after an unidentified man was found unconscious outside the establishment.
Police officers who responded to the scene identified the man as Ackrowford Masenya, 24.
Police said Masenya had been buying mandazi at the hotel while in the company of five other people when a disagreement reportedly broke out among them, Nairobi police boss Issa Mohamud said.
The confrontation reportedly escalated, with one of the individuals allegedly picking up a stone and striking Masenya on the forehead.
The man was found lying face down, with blood coming from his mouth and his head visibly swollen.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The scene was documented by Scene of Crime officers from Dagoretti, while the body was moved to City Mortuary pending preservation and post-mortem examination.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death and are pursuing the people who were with the deceased at the time of the incident.
In another incident, a man was arrested in Kakamega County after a fight at a homestead during which another man died.
The incident occurred on Sunday, September 27, 2026, in the Koyonzo area of Matungu Sub-County.
According to police, two men identified only as Mununga and Fred entered a homestead and began arguing before the confrontation reportedly escalated into a physical fight.
The occupant of the homestead reportedly attempted to separate the two men but was unsuccessful.
During the fight, police said Fred allegedly kicked Mununga, causing him to fall unconscious.
Mununga was rushed to Jovial Health Facility in Lung’anyiro, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police officers visited and processed the scene.
The man was arrested and placed in custody pending further investigations.
The deceased’s body was transferred to Butula Hospital Mortuary, where it is being preserved awaiting a post-mortem examination.
