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Tragedy in Vihiga as 5 people die in mysterious incidents
14th January, 2026 12:00 PM
Five people in Vihiga County have been reported to have lost their lives through mysterious deaths in different incidents on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
The first incident was reported at Mukuli village in Mbihi sub-location, where a man died in a family borehole.
Kevin Nyangweso is said to have died while digging a water borehole at Mukuli village.
According to Mbihi sub-location assistant chief Alex Omenda, the deceased Nyangweso from Kakamega County collapsed in the 70 metres deep borehole that he was hired to dig.
“In my Mukuli village, Mbihi sub-location area, we have a man identified as Kevin Nyangweso who died while digging a water borehole. It is said the man got a shortage of sufficient oxygen while digging the 70 metres deep borehole, something that made him suffocate to death,” said
The body of the young man was retrieved by the Vihiga County emergency response team with the help of police officers from Mbale police station and taken to the Vihiga Referral Funeral home.
Second incident
In the second incident, a boda boda operator was found killed at Wodeya sub-location in Chavakali at night, with his motorbike and phone stolen from him by his assailants.
The deceased was identified as Rodgers Mugangula, a boda boda operator at Chavakali town.
Wodeya sub-location assistant chief Patrick Achega confirmed the incident, saying the body of the deceased was discovered in the morning, while in a pool of blood.
“We have a boda boda guy identified as Rodgers Mugangula, who was killed by criminals at Chavakali town. The man had deep cuts on his body,” said Achega.
Third incident
In the third incident, two decomposing bodies, one for a man and one for a woman, were discovered on 13th January 2026 behind a building housing the Kenya women finance bank, Mbale branch.
One of the bodies belonged to Humphrey Mbarang’a, 43 years old, a casual worker at Mbale town.
According to the family, the deceased Mbarang’a disappeared on 24th December last year, 2025, and his body was discovered rotting in a septic tank.
The grieving family said the deceased left home on the 24th while in high spirits, ready to celebrate Christmas day, but he never came back home.
The deceased’s mother, Jane Kasigane, said his son took tea very well on 24th December 2025 and left for Mbale town to seek his daily bread.
Jane said that after the disappearance of his son, they tried as a family to look for him with no success.
She says they decided to report the matter to the Mbale police Station.
“My son left home on 24th December last year in high spirits, ready to celebrate Christmas. He did not come back until today. His body has been discovered in a septic tank,” said the grieving mother.
The deceased’s brother, David Kagahi, said they have been looking for his brother for the last two weeks.
“We have been looking for our brother until we received a call that his body is rotting in the Septic Tank. My brother was a polite, hard-working man,” sobbed Kagahi.
Mbihi sub-location assistant chief Alex Omenda confirmed the incident.
Omenda said the two bodies, one for Humphrey Mbarang’a and an unidentified lady, were discovered after locals complained of a bad smell.
He said he called police officers from Mbale who retrieved the bodies with the help of Vihiga county enforcement emergency response team.
“The two bodies were discovered in the Septic tank. I called the police, and they retrieved them and took them to Vihiga county hospital mortuary,” said the assistant chief.
The chief said he suspects the two victims might have been killed and their bodies dumped in the Septic tank.
Fourth incidence
In the fourth incident, a 45-year-old man committed suicide in the kitchen at Kisalisa village in Chambiti.
Area assistant chief Patrick Achege , said the deceased, who has been suffering from heart health complications, was found by his family members dangling on the rope tied on rafters of their kitchen roof.
“We have a man 45 years old, in Kisalisa village in Chambiti who committed suicide by hanging himself in their kitchen. The deceased has been suffering for a long from heart related health complications,” said Achega.
