This archive report was first published on 12 December 2019.
On December 11, 2019, a tragic incident occurred in Boito trading centre when an 18-year-old Form Two student allegedly stabbed a 29-year-old shoeshiner to death.
According to eyewitnesses, the girl had been to the trading centre where the shoeshiner was cleaning an eatery. The shoeshiner, who was stationed next to the eatery, had been given the task of cleaning it up in the evenings.
Witnesses claimed that a quarrel ensued between the two after the shoeshiner slapped the girl twice. The girl then allegedly left the eatery to buy a knife before returning to stab the shoeshiner from behind.
She then turned herself in at Mugogosiek Police Station, where she claimed that the shoeshiner had been making sexual advances towards her and that she feared reprisals from the public.
Boito location chief John Cheruiyot, who was among the first to respond at the scene of the attack, called in the police. Konoin Sub-county Police Commander Alex Shikondi has confirmed that investigations into the killing have been launched.
