A lecturer was Sunday morning found dead in a rented house in Kwa Karimiko area in Kilifi town.
The lifeless body of the don was discovered after neighbours alerted the chief of a foul smell and flies that were coming from his house.
A lecturer Fatuma Said said the foul smell has been there for the last two days.
“We thought it was either a dog or a cat that had died. We even tried to find around if we could get a dead animal but today morning we saw flies all over the windows of the house and we called the village elder but he was unavailable,” Said said.
“We called the chief and we broke the padlock of the main gate. The door to the house was open. The body was lying on the floor in his bedroom without clothes.”
According to Said, the don could have died three or four days ago.
His body was already decomposing.
Kilifi North Subcounty Police Commander Kenneth Maina confirmed the incident.
However, Maina declined to reveal the identity of the lecturer as the next of kin had not been notified.
“There is indeed a lecturer who was found dead but I cannot tell you the name until we notify the family,” he said.
Another lecturer described the deceased as a quiet person.
“He was a person who kept everything to himself. If you meet him he will just greet you and go his way. No stories,” the lecturer said.
The deceased was living alone in the house.
Neighbours also described him as a person without company.
“We only see him when he comes in or goes out. He mostly uses boda boda so he has no time for stories with the neighbours. We have not seen any other person go in his house,” Janet Muoki, a neighbour said.
