Senior cop kills junior after fight over woman

There was tension in Kitengela, Kajiado County, on Friday after a senior police officer allegedly killed a junior officer in a fight over a woman.

Constable Manasseh Ithiru, who was attached to the Kitengela Police Station, died shortly after he was pushed down from a balcony by Sergeant Abubakar, an officer at Athi River Police Station.

The two officers are said to have been dating one woman, identified as 27-year-old Irene Wavinya Nzioka.

According to a senior police officer who spoke anonymously, the two officers met at the woman's house situated at Deliverance Road and started fighting.

"Sergent Abubakar allegedly pushed Constable Manasseh down from the balcony of the house. When we arrived, we found the body in a pool of blood," said the officer.

The officer confirmed that Abubakar and Nzioka were immediately arrested and are being detained at the Kitengela Police Station awaiting to be arraigned in a court of law.

The incident, which unfolded on Thursday night, has since sparked intense scrutiny from both the public and internal police oversight bodies.

Irene Wambui, the apartment's caretaker, told The Standard that she was asleep and was woken up by shouts of people.

"I heard people screaming at the balcony. When I rushed to see what was happening, I was shocked to see the body of a man downstairs bleeding profusely," narrated Wambui. 

Other neighbours said they heard loud voices and what sounded like a scuffle shortly before a loud bang came from the building near the parking area.

Moments later, residents discovered Ithiru lying unconscious on the ground, bleeding heavily and with visible head and chest injuries.

Emergency services were called to the scene, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. His body was later moved to the mortuary for a postmortem examination.