Body of 55-year-old man found dumped on roadside in Kirinyaga

Shock has engulfed Kirwarwa village in Mutithi, Kirinyaga County after a 55-year-old man was found dead on the roadside early Sunday morning.

The man identified as Bernard Mwai was a mason. His brother, Festus Maina, told Citizen Digital he was called and told his brother's body was lying along the road in a shop wearing only trousers.

“I was shocked to see my brother dead with only a trouser where his jacket and a gumboot were two kilometres away,” Maina said.

The rea Nyumba Kumi elder Peter Mwangi asked authorities to move swiftly and investigate the matter, as well as recent cases of insecurity and livestock theft in the area.

“There has been a lot of insecurity in this area and Sunday services have been paralysed as a result,” Mwangi said. “Very many cows have been stolen from our sheds.”

Mwangi said Friday night, four suspected cattle thieves escaped death by a whisker after irate Ngomongo villagers in Kirwarwa set ablaze a vehicle they were allegedly using to ferry stolen livestock.

Mwea-west Sub-county Deputy Police Commander Sammy Beauttah said they have launched investigations into the death.

“Right now, we cannot tell whether the man was killed although his body and clothes were over two kilometres apart as there are no signs of struggle unless we wait for the post-mortem,” Beauttah said.

The post-mortem will be conducted Monday, according to the deceased’s family.