UoN law student, kin mistaken for motorcycle thieves, lynched

Samuel Odemba, the University of Nairobi law student who was killed in Mtopanga, Mombasa, alongside his cousin after they were suspected of stealing a motorbike. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard.]

A University of Nairobi student and his cousin were on Sunday night lynched in Mombasa after they were reportedly mistaken for thieves.

The 26-year-old Samuel Odemba, a student at the Mombasa campus, had completed his law degree course and was expected to graduate in December.