DNK International By Our Correspondent,Khwisero.
Police in Khwisero, Kakamega County, are investigating a mob justice incident in which a 26 year old man was killed after he was allegedly found escaping from a house with stolen maize.
The deceased, Geoffrey Techera, was reportedly confronted by members of the public at Elwambiliro Village, Mundobelwa Sub-location, on Thursday evening after he broke into the house of Jemima Eshikumo and stole about four kilogrammes of dry maize grains.
According to a police report, the incident occurred at around 5pm after Techera was seen running from the house carrying the maize.
An alarm was raised, prompting members of the public to pursue and attack him with crude weapons.
Police officers from Khwisero Police Station, accompanied by DCI officers, visited the scene and found Techera lying on the ground with multiple injuries.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was moved to Sonak Community Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police have opened investigations into the incident under a case of mob injustice.
[DNK-International@September 12,2026]
