Kirinyaga: Police officer killed, body dumped in coffee plantation near his home

While confirming the incident on Monday night, Kirinyaga West sub-county police commander Moses Koskei said the body of Timothy Mwangi Ciira, aged 42, had several cuts on the head. 

“He was a police officer but we don't know whether he was off duty or he had been interdicted. We are yet to establish why he was at home, we will know by today,” Koskei told Citizen Digital. 

The deceased’s brother Daniel Karaba said he had raised an issue with him before he died. 

“He told me some unknown people had been following and calling him and he had predicted his death,” Karaba said.

Karaba added that his brother lived alone in his house which is surrounded by a coffee plantation belonging to his uncle.

“He is based in Embakasi but when he is at home he takes supper in my house as he is separated with wife,” he detailed.

“We left each other at around 10pm 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.”

Commander Koskei assured the relatives that investigations had been launched to establish the killers.

The body was taken to Kerugoya Referral Hospital awaiting postmortem.