Following the death of a 43-year-old man over beehives, a gloomy mood has descended over Kapndasum hamlet in Koituimet sublocation Baringo County.
Alex Kalemaa Kiptoi, 18, is suspected of murdering his elder brother Joseph Kipsingor Kiptoi, whom he accused of stealing the majority of his late father’s beehives.
“An 18-year-old man from Mogotio is currently in custody, after an argument with his brother over an apiary turned fatal,” DCI said.
Kiptoi accused his brother of denying him his rightful share of his inheritance, where it is alleged an argument ensued as the accused shot the deceased with an arrow on his right thigh and left him to bleed to death.
“An 18-year-old man from Mogotio is currently in custody, after an argument with his brother over an apiary turned fatal,” DCI said.
As curious onlookers who couldn’t come to terms with Kipsingor’s death thronged the scene, detectives based at Mogotio police station processed the scene, recovered crucial exhibits and arrested the suspect who is currently in custody.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was taken to a morgue in Eldama Ravine town.
