This archive report was first published on 2 October 2019.
On October 2, 2019, a self-confessed serial killer allegedly took the life of yet another woman in a macabre incident that shocked residents of Moi's Bridge Town in Uasin Gishu County.
The suspect, Mustafa Idi, a carpenter in Kitale, had often bragged to whoever gave him attention that he had killed two women before, according to residents.
Idi, who was charged in the Kitale High Court in August 2017 with strangling to death Nancy Narogoi, was recently released on bond, to the consternation of the victim's family.
After Ms Narogoi's murder in July 2017, Idi went into hiding, but was soon arrested and arraigned in court.
Idi's latest victim, Emma Wanyotta, a female student who was set to sit her final exams at Vera Beauty College in Eldoret this Friday, was on attachment at a salon in Moi's Bridge.
Ms Wanyotta's mutilated body was found in a nappier grass plantation next to her home in Moi's Bridge.
Relatives said the two were former lovers, and that Idi was infuriated when Wanyotta ended their relationship.
Mr Idi, who was released on bond without the family's knowledge, is said to have attacked Ms Wanyotta inside her home on Monday night.
Police said she was strangled and then dismembered, with her limbs and hands chopped off.
Police said it was one of the worst murders they had seen in a long time.
Uasin Gishu County Police Commander Johsnston Ipara said Idi was the main suspect.
Residents of Moi's Bridge took to the streets to protest the killing and accused the courts of releasing the man.
They engaged police in running battles in the town for hours.
Police had a hard time trying to restore order as the protesters engaged them in running battles.
