Man In Kisumu Arrested for Fatally Stabbing Another in Dispute Over Phone Ownership

A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Kisumu East Subcounty after allegedly stabbing a 40-year-old man to death during an argument over the ownership of a mobile phone in the Kibos area.

According to police, the incident began at a local drinking spot where the two men disagreed about who owned the phone. Witnesses said the disagreement escalated into a confrontation that continued outside the bar and onto Kibos-Chiga Road, several hundred metres away.

Police reports show that the suspect, identified as Tom Odhiambo, armed himself with a kitchen knife, pursued the other man and stabbed him in the upper chest. The injured man, named Raphael Omondi, collapsed on the roadside and began bleeding heavily.

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Bystanders attempted to restrain the suspect but also attacked him before officers from Migosi Police Station, supported by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), intervened and took him into custody.

The victim was rushed to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The alleged murder weapon was reportedly taken by members of the public during the chaos, and police are working to recover it as part of their investigation.

Crime scene investigators processed the site before the body was moved to the hospital mortuary pending post-mortem examination.

Police say they will charge the suspect with murder once investigations are complete and have urged the public to settle disputes peacefully rather than resort to violence.