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According to police, Mbeda died around 1 am when the unknown assailants attacked him at his home.
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No arrest has been made over the incident and the motive is yet to be known.
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A team of detectives has been sent to a village in Rarieda, Siaya, to hunt for killers behind the murder of an assistant chief.
Police said unknown assailants murdered the assistant chief of Memba sub-location, Moses Mbeda in his compound on Saturday, September 21 night.
According to police, Mbeda died around 1 am when the unknown assailants attacked him at his home.
He was hacked in the neck and died at a local hospital, police said.
No arrest has been made over the incident and the motive is yet to be known.
Siaya Police Commander Serah Koki said the administrator is said to have gone to a latrine within his home when he was attacked and seriously hacked on the neck.
Koki said the assistant chief was immediately rushed to the nearby Lwak Mission Hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of the severe injuries that he had sustained.
Mbeda’s body is at the Lwak Mission Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
Police said a team had been sent to the area to pursue the assailants.
Assistant Chiefs are the link between the national government and locals.
Police said the detectives sent to the area are pursuing crucial leads on possible killers and motive.
Meanwhile, police are investigating a murder in a case where a body was found hanging on a tree in Kangoya area, Ndumberi, Kiambu.
Police visited the scene and found the body of an unknown man hanging on a tree on a rope. His hands were also tied.
No visible injuries were seen on the body, police said.
Police said the fact the hands were tied suggests the man was killed and the motive is yet to be known.
The body was moved to the City mortuary awaiting identification and postmortem examination.
No arrest has been made so far but detectives are investigating the Sunday incident, police said.
A team visited the scene as part of the probe into the murder.