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Chief arrested for failing to protect suspected chicken thief

From right: Reuben Smith Shitambachi, Evans Ashimundu, Agapitus Ingosi and Francis Muse Lichesa who were accused of  lynching a suspected chicken thief in Khayega arraigned in Kakamega court. [Duncan Ocholla/Standard]

Police in Kakamega are holding a chief who failed to protect a chicken thief who was butchered by an attacker at Khayega market.

The chief is among 26 suspects arrested for failing to act in an incident where the suspected chicken thief was cut into pieces live.

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