Kenya: Mystery Over Villager's Death

24 January 2013

Police in Thika West have launched a manhunt for the killers of a 35-year-old man whose body was found five metres from his house yesterday morning.

Central province AP commandant Joseph Keitany said neighbours found the body of Eliud Ngugi at 10am. Keitany said the killers' motive and identities are unknown. Ngugi was from Kanduri B village at Kakuzi in Kiambu County. The police took the body to Thika mortuary.

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