A 16 June 2020 report by Citizen TV revealed that Simon Kilonzo, a renowned businessman in Kakamega, was found dead in his newly built mansion in Lurambi, Kakamega County.
According to the report, Kilonzo was last seen on the night of Monday, June 15, and was found by one of his workers on the morning of Tuesday, June 16.
Confirming the incident, Shiundu Assistant Chief Phoebe Andati noted that family wrangles might have led the businessman to take his own life.
Andati further stated that investigations into the matter had been launched, and the deceased was picked up by the Kakamega Police Station OCS.
His neighbours reported that they woke up to find his car parked outside the incomplete mansion, and his body was transferred to Kakamega County Referral Hospital Mortuary.
The incident adds to increasing domestic abuse issues that have been on the rise in the country since the dusk to dawn curfew was instituted in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
