Three suspected criminals have been lynched in Embu and Kirinyaga counties.
The two, who were yet to be identified, were burnt beyond recognition.
Angry residents spotted the suspects ripping off the wires from electric poles and challenged them to surrender, but they took off with their loot.
But residents cornered them and beat them unconscious before they set them on fire.
Police arrived shortly after the brutal attack and found the suspects dead. The remains were taken to the Embu Referral Hospital mortuary.
"The slain suspects are dangerous people who have been involved in a series of criminal activities in the area," said Ibrahim Njuki.
Mbeere South sub-county police boss Inviolata Lumati confirmed the killings, but she warned residents against taking the law into their own hands.
And in Kirinyaga, a suspected gangster was hacked to death on Tuesday morning after an attempted violent robbery in Ngurubani town.
The businessman raised the alarm, drawing scores of residents, who confronted the suspects and set upon them with pangas and rungus, killing one of them on the spot.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrived at the scene and found the suspect lying in a pool of blood. They took the body to the Kerugoya Referral Hospital mortuary.
"It is true two suspected gangsters raided a business premises but one of them was fatally attacked by a mob but the other managed to flee," Mr Kitavi said.
