Detectives are investigating an incident in which a 45-year-old businessman was shot dead during an alleged robbery at Igena Itambe along the Kenya-Tanzania border in Migori County on Wednesday night.
Police identified the deceased as Paulo Chacha Nyahaba, a businessman based in Ntimaru Township.
According to police, Nyahaba was returning home from Ntimaru at about 7:30pm when he was attacked at the entrance of his homestead, located about five metres from the border.
The assailants allegedly shot him and robbed him of personal belongings, including an unspecified amount of money.
Police officers responded to the scene following the shooting.
Nyahaba sustained gunshot wounds and died while being rushed to hospital, about 50 metres from his homestead.
A physical examination of the body revealed two gunshot entry wounds, one on the neck and another on the forehead.
Investigators recovered two spent 7.62x39mm cartridges at the scene, which were secured as exhibits.
DCI officers processed and documented the scene as investigations continued to establish the circumstances of the shooting and identify the attackers.
Nyahaba’s body was moved to Wima Mortuary in Kegonga, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
A police squad was sent to join officers on the ground in pursuing the assailants.
The team said it had sent the recovered bullets for ballistic tests.
They want to establish whether the weapon behind the murder had been used elsewhere.
The team said they believed the assailants were sneaking into the neighbouring country and that efforts to get them were ongoing.
Meanwhile, a man was stabbed to death following a dispute in Gilgil, Nakuru County, on Wednesday morning.
Police said Alfaso Lengewa was involved in a dispute with another man at Back Street at about 9:45am on September 30 when he was allegedly stabbed with a knife.
Lengewa was rushed by members of the public to Gilgil Sub-County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police officers visited the scene and later proceeded to the hospital, where they found Bunge receiving treatment after he had allegedly been attacked by members of the public.
The said assailant was treated and discharged in fair condition before being detained at Gilgil Police Station pending arraignment in court.
Crime scene investigators processed and documented the scene as detectives continued investigations into the circumstances surrounding the killing.
