Police in Kericho are investigating a bizarre incident in which a man was beheaded and his head placed in a sufuria at a home in the Kipkelion area.
The deceased’s body was found dumped in a culvert a kilometer away from the home where the head was found.
The head was found in a sufuria at a home near Koisagat, while the other body was found in the culvert at Kipkomwet village.
Police reinforcements have been deployed in the area after angry residents blocked roads demanding justice over the murder.
Kericho County Police Commander James Ngetich had a hectic time as he rushed to the area to control the situation.
“We are at the scene investigating the incident," said Ngetich.
A woman at the home where the head was found said she woke up early today and went out of her house to wash her utensils, including sufuria’s which she had left out overnight.
As she tried to move one of the sufuria's, she discovered that it was unusually heavy. Since it was still dark she rushed back to the house to get a torch and check out what was on the sufuria.
It was then that she discovered there was a head of a human being in the sufuria. She raised an alarm and attracted villagers to the area, who were shocked by the discovery.
Area Peter Kurgat said that shortly later they were alerted of a the body of a man found in the neighbouring village without a head.
“This is a very shocking incident that police are handling," said Kurgat.
The deceased was a known person in the area, and it is suspected he was attacked and killed in the early hours of today as he returned home from the nearby Kacheliba trading centre.
The motive of the murder is not clear, but police are looking for a suspect linked to the incident.
The suspect identified by residents is said to be a known criminal in the area
Residents described the deceased as a calm person who was not known to have issues with villagemates.