Villagers lynch contractor after he killed building owner in disagreement in Bungoma

A mob attacked and killed a contractor after he had stabbed to death the owner of a building he was constructing in Kimilili, Bungoma County.

The body of the woman was found in an incomplete house in Makhonge village after her brutal murder, police said.

She was the owner of the house under construction, police said.

The victim had travelled from Nairobi to the area in Makhonge village to supervise the ongoing construction of her house when a disagreement arose on April 22, 2025, police said.

This is after she questioned the progress of the construction and why there were missing materials at the site.

Witnesses said this prompted a confrontation between her and the man that turned fatal.

Police said they found the body of the woman lying inside an incomplete house with a deep cut on the face, a stab wound on her left neck, and her left wrist chopped off.

The contractor was subjected to mob injustice by an angry mob who responded after they heard commotion in the said building.

The body of the man was found outside the structure moments after he had been stoned to death by a mob.

Police later moved the bodies to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.

Police said they are investigating the incident. 

Meanwhile, the body of a 70-year-old woman was found in a village in Keumbu, Kisii County.

The motive of the murder of Priscah Gesare Manyara on April 22 is yet to be established.

Police said the incident happened in Enchoro village before the body was discovered in a maize plantation.

The deceased had her neck slit open and there were strain marks on the left armpit and lay in a pool of blood.

No murder weapon was recovered at the scene.

Police moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.