This archive report was first published on 15 July 2019.
On July 11, 2019, the decomposing body of Dennis Ongeri, a fifth-year student at Egerton University, was discovered inside his rental house on the Njoro campus by a caretaker.
According to Nakuru county police commander Stephen Matu, preliminary investigations indicated that Ongeri had physical injuries on his face and his throat was slit.
Matu stated that police are on the trail of the student's possible killers, saying, 'We are in the final stages of investigations and once complete we will enforce the outcome.'
Police investigations also revealed that Ongeri was an introvert and a member of the university's Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) church, and he had always exhibited a good character.
