The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kisumu West has arrested a prime suspect in the brutal murder of a 21-year-old RIAT College student. Her decomposing body, bearing multiple stab wounds, was discovered in Riat Forest.

• The recovered body showed signs of multiple stab wounds.
• The arrested suspect is Steven Coleman Okoth, believed to be the victim's former boyfriend.
• The victim was reportedly lured, assaulted, and murdered after being incapacitated following a drinking spree with colleagues from RIAT College on April 5, 2026.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to expedite investigations into escalating goonism and politically-driven violence across Kenya.

• The directive follows a series of violent incidents, including disruptions at a rally attended by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Kikuyu Constituency and an assault on Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi.
• Murkomen stated that the Inspector General has full authority to deal with any political leader sponsoring violence, emphasizing that "the greatest threat to national security is not the citizens, it is those who are wearing suits and are seeking high offices."
• Recent chaos also marred events in Kakamega and was alleged during an opposition rally in Kajiado, with both sides trading accusations of state involvement in political intimidation.

Detectives in Kisumu have recovered the decomposing body of a 21-year-old RIAT College student, identified as Steven Coleman Okoth, in RIAT Forest, allegedly after gang rape and torture. The prime suspect, Okoth, believed to have orchestrated the crime, was arrested on the night of April 5, 2026.

• The victim's body was found bearing multiple stab wounds.
• The prime suspect, Steven Coleman Okoth, a former boyfriend of the victim, has been arrested.
• The victim was allegedly lured into a drinking spree by two male colleagues and later sexually assaulted and abandoned.

The decomposing body of a missing 21-year-old female student from RIAT College has been discovered in Riat Forest, Kisumu. The body showed multiple stab wounds.

• The body was found after the arrest of the prime suspect, Steven Coleman Okoth, believed to be involved in her alleged gang rape, torture, and subsequent disappearance on the night of April 5, 2026.
• The victim was reportedly lured into a drinking spree by two male colleagues from the same institution, leaving her incapacitated.
• Investigators are working to apprehend additional suspects implicated in the crime.