October 3, 2025

Body of missing South Sudanese man found floating on Lake Nakuru

Body of missing South Sudanese man found floating on Lake Nakuru

Body of missing South Sudanese man found floating on Lake Nakuru

Detectives are investigating an incident where the body of a South Sudanese man was found floating on Lake Nakuru.

This followed a search consisting of police, Kenya Wildlife Service personnel and the family of Mach Mayen Anyieth, 21.

The body was found floating at the said lake near Nyuki area and retrieved before being taken to a local mortuary.

Police said the body was decomposing at the time of its discovery and had a visible injury at the back of the head.

The cause of the death is yet to be known, police said adding an investigation into the same is ongoing.

Police said they had opened a murder probe.

Elsewhere in Kwanza, Trans Nzoia County’s Sikoreria village of Maridadi Sub Location one Hellen Amukope, 38 was found dead in her house.

Preliminary investigation revealed that her husband assaulted the deceased on the forehead using a hammer and stabbed her on the buttocks using a sharp object.

She succumbed to the injuries in her bed, police said. The said assailant escaped the scene as police arrived there and picked up the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

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Police said the hunt for the man is ongoing and urged him to surrender to authorities for action.

And police in Magunga, Suba South are investigating murder where a woman was clobbered to death by her brother-in-law in a domestic fight.

The incident happened on Wednesday at Ongayo E Village within Kaksingiri East location and involved one Esther Achieng, 28, police said adding the assailant used a club for the mission.

The deceased was suspected to have stolen money from the suspect, police said.

The assailant was later arrested pending interrogation and arraignment for murder.

Such murder incidents have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to solve them. The deaths involve relatives who fight for among others land, love and money, police said.

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