A boda boda rider was stabbed and killed in a clash among the riders over planned elections to elect their officials in Rongo Town, Migori County.
Police said at least five others were injured in the chaos that broke out
on Tuesday evening.
Police said two boda boda factions met to agree on the way forward for the coming polls when a fight broke out.
They then started to hurl stones at each other before others were stabbed. It was then that Steve Okoth, 30, was stabbed and killed.
Five others were admitted to hospital with multiple injuries.
The body of the deceased was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police later announced the polls that were scheduled for November 6, 2025,
in the town had been cancelled by the local security committee.
This came amid protests from some of the members of the groups that had
geared towards the elections.
Police explained the situation was not safe for the polls to continue.
This was after the subcounty security and intelligence team met to
discuss the matter.
Boda boda saccos in some areas have become political and influential in
many ways, hence attracting attention from many quarters.
The riders are at times used in political mobilization and other development
activities, highlighting the importance the sector is playing in many areas.
There are calls for the regulation of the sector as part of ways of ensuring
general safety for the members and other road users.
This is after it emerged some of the members are involved in crime in many
ways.
Elsewhere in Gatitu, Nyeri County, police arrested the wife of a man who
had died after a domestic fight in their home.
The man identified as Francis Magothe had died in hospital after the
fight on October 31, 2025, and succumbed on arrival. An autopsy on the body
showed he had sustained injuries inflicted by a blunt object on his forehead.
In Kahuro, Muranga County, one Christine Mukami, 30, who was employed as
a worker at the farm, was found lying dead on the floor inside a servant’s
quarter under construction.
The body was discovered by the farm manager and lay in a pool of blood with
deep cuts on the face.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
