Police officers in the county of Bomet have detained a man who killed his neighbor last night, over a debt of 400 Kenya shillings.
According to a report by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Evans Mutai who owns a shop at Sibaiyan location was arrested after he stabbed Festus Keter, 35, on the chest and went on to trade merchandise at his premises unperturbed.
The Bomet incident followed an argument over a Sh400 debt, which the deceased owed the shopkeeper. After being stabbed on the right side of the chest, Keter was left to die outside the shop.
A concerned villager who stumbled on the body of the deceased, informed detectives based at Chesoen police station about the incident. The officers immediately rushed to the scene 10 kilometres away and conducted preliminary investigations into the murder, after which the suspect was apprehended.
The murder weapon a blood stained knife was also recovered and kept as exhibit. Mutai, shall be arraigned in court on Monday to answer to murder charges. Meanwhile the body of the deceased is lying at Longisa hospital mortuary in Bomet pending postmortem.
In another incident, George Abisa – a pastor in Nyamira county killed his unfaithful wife and committed suicide after she infected him with HIV/AIDS.
Abisa is said to have committed the heinous act out of suspicion that the wife was having an extramarital affair with an MCA hopeful.
The pastor had long suspected his wife of cheating on him with Edward Onyancha who is eyeing the MCA seat in Bogichora ward in the forthcoming 2022 general election.
Abisa is said to have been unnerved and concerned by rumors going around that his wife and the said MCA hopeful were fooling around.
On the fateful Tuesday October 5th, the pastor returned home and started arguing with his wife concerning her constant interaction with the aspiring MCA.
Abisa had reportedly found out that he had contracted HIV and confronted his wife about it, he accused his spouse to have infected him with the virus.
The pastor got very angry during the altercation with his wife, he picked a knife which he used to stab her several times until she died.
Pastor Abisa then sat down and wrote a suicide note explaining his action. He said that his wife had been cheating on him and infected him with.
Source: Directorate Of Criminal Investigation (DCI).
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