A Man killed in Sori for allegedly stealing a motorbike

By Mathew Omondi and Mercy Mboya

Borrowed image of smouldering remains of a home after a blaze

It was on Thursday of 24th October 2013 at around eleven in the morning at Sori town, Nyatike sub-county, when an angry mob killed a man suspected to be Kalamindi centre, Ndhiwa sub-county for being a suspect of a stolen motorbike.

The young man who goes by the name Dan but is popularly known as “OSAMA” is reported to have stolen a motorbike from Sori and hid it in sugar-cane plantation near Kalamindi centre some few meters from their home.

The angry boda boda operators’ from Sori were tipped of this knowledge by unknown person and the mob rod for over 16 kilometres to Kalamindi where they only found the man’s wife. With anger of the lost time and efforts, they threw all the man’s personal belongings and burnt them to fizzle as the family and neighbours stared in disbelief. Like all was not over, the wife too didn't miss the wrath of mob but was luckily rushed to the nearby health facility. 

This was what one of the eye witnesses present at the scene had to say “The personal belongings were burnt beyond recognition, from spoon to chair up to bedding because if we take them to the police, the walk out freely after a short while and this is a threat to the condemners lives.” 

As the team was riding back to Sori, they spotted wanted Dan at Ratang’a centre where they were able to contain him after hours of struggle. The wild team rode the young man back to Sori town where they brutally brought his life to an end as the residents watched.