On Tuesday, Josphat Mayau Mukengu, the chief of Kamaindi Location, was killed by a mob at his brother’s home.
On Wednesday, Chuka OCS Joseph Kinyua was hacked to death with an axe in Ugweri, Runyenjes Constituency, by a suspect in the chief's murder, who he was pursuing in Embu.
Fearing brutal reprisals by the government most residents of Kamaindi fled their homes with their children on Wednesday night.
It’s the rainy season in Tharaka-Nithi County, and in many homesteads it’s a beehive of activities as farmers plant food crops. But this is not the case in Kamaindi village where a chief was killed by a mob last week. Many people in Kamaindi have fled their homes and business at all trading centres remained closed since Wednesday.
A spot check by the Nation found that livestock were left unattended in their sheds and chicken and dogs wandering in some compounds.
