Two men were killed by a mob in Nyansiongo village, Borabu Sub-County, Nyamira County, after they were allegedly found at a homestead seeking a land sale agreement, police have reported.
One of the victims was burnt beyond recognition, while the other sustained multiple sharp-force injuries in the incident reported on Thursday, October 22.
According to a police report from Manga Police Station, the incident occurred at about 12.46 pm when a man grazing cattle on his farm received a telephone call from his wife, informing him that two people had arrived at their home claiming they had been sent by his brother to collect a land sale agreement.
The document reportedly related to two hectares of land that the man had allegedly sold some time earlier.
The man reportedly rushed home and found his wife collapsed, while the two visitors were allegedly attempting to flee.
Members of the public raised an alarm and apprehended the two men before subjecting them to mob violence that resulted in their deaths.
Police officers from Manga Police Station, working alongside detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Borabu, visited the scene, located about one kilometre west of Manga Police Station.
One of the deceased was identified through his national identity card as Samson Ogamba, 46, a Kisii man whose body had multiple visible sharp-force injuries.
The second victim was identified as Stephen Tagiti, approximately 35, whose body had been burnt beyond recognition.
Police also found a motor vehicle allegedly used by the two men to travel to the homestead.
The vehicle had been burnt to ashes.
The bodies were moved to Nyansiongo Mission Hospital mortuary, where they were awaiting postmortem examinations to establish the cause of death.
Detectives from DCI Borabu are investigating the incident.
Police have not yet established the full circumstances surrounding the alleged land transaction or the events that led to the fatal attack.
The incident highlights the dangers of mob violence, in which suspects are punished without due process of the law. Suspected criminal conduct should be reported to the police and investigated through the justice system.
The case remains under investigation.
