Police are investigating an incident in which a police officer was found dead in a coffee plantation in Ndia, Kirinyaga County.
According to police, the body of Timothy Mwangi Ciira, aged 42 was dumped in the plantation near his homestead.
His head had several cuts on the head. He was based in Embakasi, Nairobi.
Kirinyaga West sub-county police commander Moses Koskei said he may have been killed elsewhere and dumped in the area on Monday night.
“We are yet to establish why he was at home. We want to know if he was on duty or interdicted,” he said.
The deceased’s brother Daniel Karaba said he had raised an issue with him before he died. He said he was in fear for his safety.
“He told me some unknown people had been following and calling him and he had predicted his death,” Karaba said.
According to the brother, Mwangi lived alone in his house which is surrounded by a coffee plantation belonging to his uncle as he was separated from his wife.
He said the deceased was based in Embakasi but when he was at home he always took supper at his house.
“We left each other at around 10 pm and I was shocked when an alarm was raised that my brother's body was discovered in my uncle's coffee plantain with serious head injuries.”
Koskei said investigations had been launched to establish the killers and motive.
The body was taken to Kerugoya Referral Hospital awaiting postmortem.
A team of detectives visited the scene as part of the probe. They said nothing was stolen from the slain officer which is an indication the motive was murder.
