A trader in Kisii was Thursday night shot dead by unknown people as he returned to his house in Menyinkwa.
The body of Justus Okari was found sprawled on the tarmac, meters from his Mwamoriango home.
Villagers and family members claimed that it had gunshots to the head.
They claimed he was on a Bodaboda when he was killed and the rider has since recorded a statement with the police.
Villagers and family members said they heard gunshots at around 9.30 pm and had initially thought it was a transformer that had burst only to discover moments later that it was Okari who had been shot.
Family members claimed the unknown people also ransacked his pockets and took off with money and other valuables.
Okari's wife, Bathsheba Okari, claimed she suspects her husband was killed following a land dispute.
"He has severally expressed fears of a plan to have him killed. There was an early attempt on his life before this happened," she claimed.
Denis Anyagi, the deceased's uncle stated that they had severally tried to resolve the land dispute and at one they had thought it was resolved.
Church elder John Ombase described the killing as cold-blooded further asking the government to track the killers.
"But as investigations start we ask our people to maintain peace," he told journalists.
Nyaura chief Nyakundi Johnson said already the matter is being probed and hopes suspects will be arrested.
The body is lying at Christmarriane Mission Hospital.
