Landlord in Kawangware kills tenant over Sh2,500 rent arrears

Police have launched a manhunt for a landlord in Kawangware 56 who killed his tenant over Sh2,500 rent arrears.

The landlord, Ngángá Gitau, is said to have stabbed to death 26-year-old Warren Jirongo after he failed to pay his rent for the month of January.

Residents who described Jirongo as a hardworking man stormed the landlords compound and set his mabati houses on fire in a bid to protest the killing.

The angry residents later took to the streets with weapons asking the landlord who has since gone into hiding, to come out.

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According to his neighbors, Jirongo who is an orphan, struggled to make ends meet as he worked as a garbage collector in the area.