Migori Residents Blame Police for the Murder of 3 Watchmen

Migori residents have blamed police officers for the murder of three security guards (watchmen) whose bodies were found on Saturday, October 7, morning.

In an interview with Citizen TV, one resident questioned how the three security guards were murdered yet there were armed police officers guarding a bank nearby.

According to the residents, the three victims had serious injuries to the neck and head, all sustained during the murder. 

Further, residents said the bodies were found along the corridor, and one was dumped in Migori River.

“We have woken up to the sad news of losing three watchmen one of whom was a resident of Migori,” said the first resident.

Moreover, the residents asked the national and county security agencies to tighten security in the county and prevent such occurrences.

“Even as we speak, there is no police officer who has arrived here. We want the county commander to come and tell us why these killings are frequent in Migori town,” added the first resident.

The second resident said there have been security concerns within Migori town.

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Additionally, he criticized President William Ruto for taking police officers to Haiti yet there are insecurity cases in Kenya, Migori included.

“The president has taken one thousand police officers to Haiti at a time when we Kenyans are facing insecurity cases,” he said.

“If one police officer can protect one thousand Kenyans how then do you take one thousand police officers to Haiti when in Nyanza especially Migori we are constantly being murdered, ” added the second resident.

Also, the resident explained that Nyanza residents deserve good security since they pay taxes used to equip security organs.

In addition, another resident said the murder of the three watchmen is not the first incident in the region.

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He expressed his worry over the increase in the number of insecurity cases in Migori town.

“We want to ask the county commander to ensure police officers patrol at night, we don’t want to continue losing lives,” he said.

The murder of the three marks the second of such incident in Migori this year after another watchman was killed in February in a violent robbery.

During the incident, 18 motorcycles and 30 mobile phones were stolen from a shop.