Man arrested for ‘killing his stepfather’ in Taita Taveta

By RENSON MNYAMWEZI

Taita Taveta County: Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his stepfather over inheritance in Taita Taveta County.

According to police, the suspect was against the marriage of her mother to the deceased, identified as Emmanuel Mutie.

The county Police Commandant Richard Bitonga said the suspect murdered Mutie after he found him with his mother at their home in Chumvini last night.

“The suspect has been against the marriage of his mother to the deceased after his father died four years ago. There has always been bad blood between the suspect and his stepfather,” said the police boss. “He was annoyed when he found Mutie with his mother in the house. He confronted him and chased him out of the house. The suspect later killed his stepfather a few metres away from their house,” said Mr Bitonga.

Speaking to The Standard yesterday, the police boss said Mutie’s body was found lying along the road by the public who alerted police. “It seems the deceased was slashed several times with a machete because the body had deep cuts,” he said.

The body was later taken to Taveta District Hospital for a postmortem examination, he said.

“The suspect is in our custody and investigation into the 8pm incident has been launched. We will take him to court once we are through with our investigation,” added the police boss.