Police are actively investigating a series of violent crimes across the country, including several murders and an armed robbery, as reported on December 2, 2025.

In Matungulu, Machakos County, a 26-year-old man, Dennis Momanyi, was stabbed and killed following an altercation outside a local bar on November 30.

Witnesses informed police that Momanyi had earlier quarreled with his assailants inside the bar. After the attackers left, they reportedly called Momanyi outside, where they fatally stabbed him on the left side of his chest before escaping.

The motive behind the murder has not yet been established.

In the same area of Tala, police are hunting a gang of three, armed with a pistol and an AK-47 rifle, who attacked a female shopkeeper.

The attackers threatened to shoot the woman before robbing her of an unknown amount of cash and valuables. Fortunately, the victim was uninjured.

Detectives in Nakuru County are investigating the murder of Jackson Marucha, 30, whose body was found dumped in a sewage area in the Rhonda region.

Marucha had been picked up from his house early Monday morning by unknown individuals who forced him into a waiting car.

He was subsequently stabbed multiple times before his body was abandoned.

The deceased’s mother was alerted by a known caller who told her where to find the body.

Police have moved the body to the mortuary, believing he was killed elsewhere before being dumped. The motive remains unknown.

Elderly Woman Murdered in Nyeri

In Kiamachimbi, Mathira, Nyeri County, 71-year-old Faith Murangi Njama was found dead near a cow shed at her workplace on December 1, 2025.

Police reported that her body was lying in a pool of blood and bore signs of extreme violence, including three deep cuts on the forehead, one on the left ear, and several stab wounds on the chest.

No arrests have been made, and the motive is yet to be established.

Cattle Rustling Linked Death in Migori

The death toll linked to cattle rustling attacks in Ntimaru, Migori County, has risen to six in the past week after Zablon Rawe Chacha was shot and killed at his home on Monday afternoon in the Gwitembe area.

The assailants, who later engaged police in a shootout before escaping, dragged Chacha’s body from the primary scene of the murder. His body has been taken to the mortuary for an autopsy.