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Candidate butchered, 'drunk' killer lynched afterwards in Bungoma

Samson Simiyu, the pupil’s father, addresses the press at his homestead in Webuye West sub-county yesterday. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

A suspect drunk man hacked a class eight pupil to death in Matulo Ward Webuye on Saturday.

Josephat Khwatenge, 61, slashed Sammy Toroi, a pupil at Lugulu Day Boarding, with a machete without provocation.

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