Tharaka Nithi OCS killed with an axe, chief slashed and burnt

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A renewed clash between police and residents has left four people dead among then two police officers, Chief.

Three suspects have been arrested over the brutal murder of the 57yr-old Japhet Mayau Mukengu Chief for Kamaindi Location in TharakaNithi County after Irate residents cornered, slashed him with pangas and then set him on fire in connection to a prolonged dispute over the murder of a man in 2018.

Three suspects have so far been arrested by Detectives following the brutal killing of 57yr-old Japhet Mayau Mukengu;Chief for Kamaindi Location in #TharakaNithi County.The Chief had gone to settle a case when the suspects attacked him with pangas before setting his body on fire. pic.twitter.com/CXBh6tM5co— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) May 1, 2019

It is alleged that the residents were angered by the chief’s brother, Gikware Mukengu, who is alleged to have detained several goats belonging to a resident Gitonga Kibuibe, who went missing in December 2018 and whose remains were found in the nearby River Thuci three weeks ago.

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The goats had reportedly trespassed into Gikware’s land when Gitonga Kibuibe went to bathe in the river on December 12, 2018, but never returned home. Villager alleged that he was killed by the chief’s brother.

It is alleged that when the chief’s brother declined to release the goats, villagers sought the intervention of Igambang’ombe deputy county commissioner, who reportedly sent the chief to handle the matter.

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Before the chief arrived, hundreds of residents stormed Gikware’s home baying for his blood but he managed to escape.

Not aware of what had happened to his brother, the chief went to resolve the dispute but the mob attacked him.

On April 25, 2019, just a day before the remains were buried, the villagers held demonstrations demanding justice for Mr Kibuibe’s family.

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They also accused police and the local administration of taking no action on the matter despite the fact that the sons of the chief and the brother had continued to threaten them.

They also claimed that the chief’s sons had a list of people from the village whom they had vowed to kill.

It is then that the OCS is said to have gone to the area with two police officers in pursuit of suspects believed to have been involved in the death of the local area chief Japhet Majau.

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The OCS reportedly confronted the suspect identified as David Ikaaba and ordered him to surrender but he did not obey the order.

A police report says Mr Ikaaba and workers in the butchery then raised the alarm and attacked the officers. It was then that the suspect picked up an axe and struck the OCS in the head several times, much to the astonishment of the residents.

Earlier in the day Tharaka Nithi County Commissioner Beverly Opwora toured Kamahindi to investigate the circumstances under which the Chief was killed by angry residents.

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