Crime scenePolice are investigating the death of a 41-year-old man at Chwele police station in Bungoma Central subcounty.
Chrispinus Wanyonyi, who was being held over an alleged stock theft, reportedly died after collapsing inside the police station at around 10:45am on October 5.
Reports indicate that he died as officers were making arrangements to rush him to hospital.
Senior police officers visited the scene and found Wanyonyi’s body in the cells corridor.
According to the police, Wanyonyi and another man had allegedly been found by members of the public in a cattle shed in Kuywa village on suspicion of stealing livestock.
The two were arrested by members of the public and handed over to Kuywa police post before being transferred to Chwele police station at about 1:14am on October 5.
Police said both men appeared to be drunk at the time of their transfer.
The scene was processed and documented by Crime Scene Investigation personnel. However, the cause of Wanyonyi’s death could not immediately be established.
His body was taken to Bungoma County Referral Hospital mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
The case has been classified as a death in police custody and is being investigated by the DCI Bungoma Central officials said.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), Western Region, has also been notified.
The team joined the probe to establish if police were responsible for the death.
Such deaths in custody are usually handled by IPOA as per the law.
Local human rights groups said they will also join the probe.
Elsewhere, a 30-year-old man died after falling into a 100-foot-deep water well while cleaning it at his family compound in Lugose village, Kakamega East subcounty.
The deceased was identified as John Brian, a resident of Lugose area.
According to police, the incident was reported at Khayega police station at about 12:35pm on October 5.
Police officers visited the scene and, with the assistance of family members and members of the public, retrieved the man’s body from the well.
Preliminary investigations established that Brian had entered the well to clean it when he slipped and fell to the bottom, where he died.
Crime scene personnel processed the scene before the body was transported to St Elizabeth Mukumu Hospital mortuary for preservation.
A postmortem examination is expected to establish the exact cause of death.
