A 52-year-old man died after he was reportedly attacked by two men armed with pangas shortly after leaving a funeral in Pala, Ndhiwa Sub-County, Homa Bay County.
Police identified the deceased as Jomo Omari, who was reportedly attacked at Pala Centre shortly after midnight on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
According to police, Omari and his wife were travelling from a funeral at Kamenya Village in Koguta Location at around 11.30 pm on Monday when they were allegedly followed by an unknown motorcycle.
Upon reaching Pala Centre, the couple reportedly encountered two men armed with pangas who stopped them and attacked Omari, causing injuries to his head.
His wife raised an alarm and fled into a nearby sugarcane plantation for safety as members of the public responded to the commotion.
When she returned to the scene, she found her husband seriously injured.
Members of the public helped rush him to Pala Level 4 Hospital, where he was receiving treatment when he died from his injuries.
The scene was processed by police officers, while Omari’s body was moved to Pala Funeral Home mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said they had launched investigations into the death, including efforts to establish the identity and motive of the people involved in the reported attack.
In a separate incident, a 25-year-old man died after he was reportedly stabbed while working at a car wash yard in the Kaciongo area, Maua, Meru County.
The incident was reported on September 29, 2026, after an employer received a call informing him that his employee, identified as Muthamia, had reportedly been found lying beside the road in Kaciongo.
He told police that he rushed the injured man to Nyambene Sub-County Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment.
Muthamia later died while undergoing treatment.
Police officers who visited the hospital said they found the deceased lying on a hospital bed with what appeared to be a single stab wound on his right shoulder.
Police said they were investigating whether Muthamia may have been stabbed by a colleague with whom he worked at a car wash yard in Kaciongo.
The circumstances and motive of the reported incident remain unclear.
Crime Scene Investigation officers processed and documented the scene as police continued investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death.
The body was moved to the Nyambene Sub-County Hospital mortuary pending autopsy.
Meanwhile, the body of an unidentified man believed to be aged about 40 was found floating in the ocean at Nyali Beach, Mombasa County.
Members of the public reported the discovery to police at around 8.42 am on September 29, 2026.
Police officers visited the beach and retrieved the body.
Police said the deceased was an African male adult and was found without clothes, with deep cuts reported on his head and legs.
The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, with police yet to establish whether he drowned or died from injuries before his body ended up in the ocean.
The body was moved to the Coast General Hospital mortuary pending identification and postmortem examination as investigations continue.
