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One-year-old child murdered, body found in Kitui septic tank

The stepfather of the child has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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by CYRUS OMBATI

News30 September 2025 - 07:59
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In Summary


  • Police said the mother of the one-and-eight-month-old boy had, on September 28, 2025, left him in the house to go and buy medicine for her ailing husband.
  • When she came back to the house minutes later, she found him missing.
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The body of a minor who was missing for hours was found floating in a septic tank after his suspected macabre murder in Majengo, Kitui Town.

Police said the mother of the one-and-eight-month-old boy had, on September 28, 2025, left him in the house to go and buy medicine for her ailing husband.

When she came back to the house minutes later, she found him missing.

She told police that when she inquired where the son was, the husband claimed he had also left the house and left the boy therein alone as he went to allegedly fetch charcoal from a nearby shop.

This sent a signal to the mother that something was wrong.

The couple stayed at a rental house in the area.

Neighbours insisted that they had not seen the man leave the house as he claimed.

This prompted a search in the compound when they stumbled on the body of the child floating in the septic tank.

The tank is usually covered by a manhole and police suspect the man strangled the boy and dumped the body therein before covering it again.

The man who is the stepfather of the child was later arrested as a prime suspect in the murder, pending an investigation, police said.

Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the murder.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. 

Elsewhere, a 30-year-old man was killed by a mob over claims of stealing two chickens in Rioma, Kisii County.

Locals claimed the deceased had entered the home of a man and stole two hens.

An alarm was raised, alerting locals who responded and stoned him to death.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.

Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing and possible prosecution.

Elsewhere, a woman was arrested after the body of a 67-year-old man was found outside her house in Gaitu village, Imenti Central, Meru County.

The body of Paul Gichira was found lying outside the house with an injury to the forehead.

The cause of the death was not immediately established. The woman told police she did not know how the man died.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police said of the September 25, 2025, incident

And detectives are investigating an incident where the body of a woman was found decomposed in a house after a murder in the Kacherop area, Elgeyo Marakwet County.

The body was discovered on September 25, 2025.

Locals had complained of a foul smell from the house before they called the police, who broke in and found the body with physical injuries lying on the bed.

There were blood stains on the floor of the house.

The woman was later identified as Jepkoech Longole, 32.

She lived with a man who was later arrested as a suspect in the murder.

The motive of the murder was not immediately known.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. It is not clear when the woman died.

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