A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing and killing of his 24-year-old son in Mosobecho village, Nandi County.
The victim succumbed to his injuries on the evening of Saturday, August 31, at the Kapsabet Referral Hospital.
According to police reports, the young man was fatally stabbed in the chest during a physical altercation with his father.
The confrontation, which escalated into violence, resulted in the man suffering severe bleeding from the stab wound.
The motive behind the dispute remains unclear. Authorities were alerted to the scene of the incident and later to the hospital where Kenneth was pronounced dead.
His father was later traced and arrested and police said he will be arraigned on September 2 to face murder charges.
The police said they plan to ask for more days to hold him as they investigate the incident and take him for among others mental tests.
The body of the victim was preserved at the local mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
Such incidents have been on the rise in the area amid calls on parties to solve their differences amicably.
Elsewhere in Kasarani area, one Kano Njoroge died by suicide in a bizarre incident.
Police said the deceased had been enjoying drinks with his friends in his house when he suddenly picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed himself in the thigh.
Those present rushed him to St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
He had raptured his thigh nerve which caused bleeding.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
