By GPC Reporter
Two men have been killed by a mob in Nyamira County after they allegedly visited a home seeking a land sale agreement, police have reported.
The two, identified as Samson Ogamba, 46, and Stephen Tagiti, about 35, died on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at Nyansiongo village in Manga Sub-County.
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According to a police report from Manga Police Station, the incident began when a man grazing cattle on his farm received a telephone call from his wife, informing him that two people had arrived at their home claiming they had been sent by his brother to collect a land sale agreement.
The document reportedly related to two hectares of land the man had allegedly sold some time earlier.
The man immediately returned home and found his wife collapsed, while the two visitors were allegedly attempting to flee.
Members of the public raised an alarm and apprehended the pair before subjecting them to mob violence that resulted in their deaths.
Police reported that one of the men was burnt beyond recognition, while the other sustained multiple sharp-force injuries across his body.
Officers from Manga Police Station, working jointly with detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Borabu, visited the scene at Nyansiongo village, approximately one kilometre west of Manga Police Station.
One of the deceased was identified through his national identity card as Ogamba, whose body was found with visible injuries. The second victim, Tagiti, had been burnt beyond recognition.
The motor vehicle the two men allegedly used to travel to the homestead was also found burnt to ashes. Police did not provide its registration number in the report.
The bodies were moved to Nyansiongo Mission Hospital mortuary, where they were awaiting post-mortem examinations to establish the causes of death.
The case has been taken up by DCI Borabu, with investigations expected to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident, including the purpose of the visit and the events that led to the fatal attack.
The deaths come amid continuing concerns over mob killings in Kenya, where suspects are sometimes attacked by members of the public before police can intervene.
In a recent report by The Standard, the National Police Service (NPS) warned against mob justice, emphasising that suspects must be handed over to law enforcement officers rather than punished by the public.
The service also underscored the constitutional right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence.
Article 50 of the Constitution guarantees every accused person the right to a fair trial, including the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Police investigations into the Nyansiongo incident are ongoing.
