Family demands justice after kin stabbed to death in road-rage confrontation

The victim, Kennedy Ngeno, is said to have been attacked by an online taxi driver following a heated altercation after a minor accident.

According to his family, Kennedy Ngeno was travelling to Nairobi from his rural home in Roret, Kericho County, on Friday 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.

Leonard Cheruiyot, a cousin of the deceased, said 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 minutes later Kennedy was lying on the ground, while the one other person sustained injuries.

Cheruiyot said that they rushed him to Mbagathi Hospital and were then referred to Kenyatta National Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His wife Dorcas Ngeno said that he was the family's breadwinner, pleading for justice to be served.

Makadara OCPD Judith Nyongesa told Citizen TV that detectives have retrieved the taxi driver’s details from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), a crucial lead that will enable his arrest

Police added that the suspect retrieved a knife from his vehicle and fatally stabbed Ngeno before fleeing the scene.