A 24-year-old man’s body was discovered in an abandoned borehole at his home in Maara, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. He was from Kirigi Village in the Iruma Location.
According to a K24TV report, Kirigi Central Unit Manager Alexander M’Itaiti told Jane Muthomi, the assistant chief for the Iruma Sub-Location, on September 11 that Dickson Munene’s body had been discovered discarded in a well.
The Iruma Police Post responded to her call and reported the incident to Magutuni Police Station OCS, who sent officers to the location to remove the body and begin an investigation.
Alexander described how, while making his regular rounds, he happened to walk by Munene’s home on Sunday, September 4, 2022, only to discover him sick, unattended, and locked up in his mother’s home.
Grace Kagendo, Munene’s mother, was asked to report to him when she returned, and he enquired as to her whereabouts.
Upon her return home later that day, Kagendo visited Alexander’s home and reported that she was from her home in Weru to source funds, promising to take her son to the hospital the following day.
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He said;
“The following day (Monday) I passed by their home in the morning and was informed that Munene was being taken to hospital by the mother and his brother Kubai. Later in the evening I passed by their home once again and found no one present. On Tuesday, Kagendo showed up at my home and reported that they had taken him to hospital.”
On Wednesday 7, September 2022, Kagendo’s relative known as Kathomi reported that Kagendo had informed her that Munene had succumbed to his illness saying plans were underway for a burial ceremony in Weru.
Alexander, the administrator in charge, would get in touch with Kagendo’s father Kaburu in Weru, who denied the allegations and suggested Alexander contact Munene’s brother Kubai for additional information and inquiries.
The Unit Manager’s attempts to locate Munene on Thursday and Friday were unsuccessful, and on Saturday, September 10, Alexander ran into Kagendo, who informed him that she was heading to Weru to organise her son’s funeral because her Kirigi family were refusing to assist.
Alexander called Kaburu, Kagendo’s father, once more, and he refuted the rumours of his death.
Later that evening as Alexander was passing by Kagendo’s home in the company of Mbaya, a villager and a neighbor to Kagendo, they were struck by a disturbing and odd smell that they agreed to get to the bottom of the following morning since it was already dark.
“We were led to the well by a bad smell and the presence of flies. Upon looking inside after removing shrubs and logs that were covering the borehole, we discovered the decomposing body of Munene,” he said.
Upon instigations after the discovery of the body, Kubai said that he had been sent to Weru on Monday by his mother to report the death of his brother, and when he came back home he was informed that the body had been taken to the mortuary awaiting burial, statements Alexander found suspicious.
The mother is still at large, while the brother Kubai has been arrested for further investigations.
The following morning, Sunday, September 11, Alexander together with other residents woke up to find Munene’s body dumped in an abandoned borehole at their home.
