A dawn altercation fueled by bad blood has ended in tragedy in Uriri, Migori County, where a man has hacked his own brother to death outside a local bar. The killing of 40-year-old Kelvin Ochieng by his sibling has sent shockwaves through the village of Ayego, exposing the lethal consequences of unresolved family feuds.

The incident, which occurred in the grey light of early Tuesday morning, leaves a family shattered and a community searching for answers. Police reports indicate that the dispute was not a sudden flare-up but the boiling point of long-standing "family differences." The suspect, now a fugitive from justice, struck his brother with a blunt object, leaving him to die on the roadside near the very establishment he owned.

A Surge in Familial Violence

This fratricide is not an isolated event but part of a disturbing spike in domestic homicides across the region. Authorities are increasingly responding to crime scenes where the perpetrators and victims share the same blood. “Most of them are linked to family disputes and love triangles,” a police source confirmed, highlighting a social fabric tearing under the weight of silent grievances.

As detectives hunt for the suspect, the body of Ochieng awaits autopsy at the mortuary—a grim procedural end to a life cut short by kin. The tragedy serves as a brutal reminder that the most dangerous conflicts often brew not on the streets, but within the home.

• Regional Toll: The wave of death stretched beyond Migori. In Kitui, 24-year-old Alex Ngumbi was found strangled, while bodies were pulled from rivers in Machakos and Embu, painting a picture of a violent week across the country.
• The Fugitive: Police have launched a manhunt for the brother, urging the public to assist in locating him before he vanishes completely.

The Aftermath

For the residents of Uriri, the bar at Ayego is no longer just a watering hole; it is a crime scene and a monument to a family’s destruction. The "why" of the argument remains buried with the victim and the fleeing suspect, but the result is irreversible. In a moment of rage, a brother became a killer, and a family lost two sons—one to the grave, and the other to the law.