Detectives are investigating an incident in which a police officer was found dead in a coffee plantation in Ndia, Kirinyaga County. Timothy Ciira, 42 is suspected to have been killed elsewhere before his body was dumped at the plantation near his homestead.
He was based in Embakasi, Nairobi.
Kirinyaga West sub-county police commander Moses Koskei said he may have been killed elsewhere and dumped in the area on Monday night.
“We are yet to establish why he was at home. We want to know if he was on duty or interdicted,” he said.
The deceased’s brother Daniel Karaba said the officer did not say if his life was in danger the last time they were together.
“We left each other at around 10 pm 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.”
The officer’s body was taken to Kerugoya Referral Hospital awaiting postmortem.
