DNK International By Our Correspondent,Yala.
A police officer who went missing on October 17 has been found dead along the banks of River Yala in Siaya County, police have confirmed.
The body of Police Constable Mannaseh Olambwe Ndakala, 46, who was attached to Emusire Police Station in Vihiga County, was discovered floating along the banks of River Yala in Omindo Village, Gem,Siaya county on Friday.
According to a police report, the discovery was made after a man identified as Victor Otieno, who was grazing livestock near the river, spotted the floating body and alerted the village elder, who informed the area assistant chief.
Police officers led by Yala Police Station OCS, accompanied by the Gem Sub-County Criminal Investigations Officer and his counterpart from Emuhaya Sub-County in Vihiga County, visited the scene.
The body was retrieved from the river with the assistance of members of the public.
It was fully dressed but had signs of partial decomposition of the soft tissues.
The deceased was positively identified by his brother, Henry Ndakala.
The officer had been reported missing at Emusire Police Station on October 22, with the report indicating that he had disappeared on October 17.
The scene was documented photographically before the body was transferred to Coptic Private Hospital mortuary in Luanda, Vihiga County, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination.
The case has been taken over by the Emuhaya Sub-County Criminal Investigations Officer in view of the earlier report concerning the missing police officer.
The circumstances surrounding the officer’s death remain under investigation, pending further findings, including the postmortem examination.
[Daily News Kenya-International@November 1,2026]
