Two people have been lynched in Mlolongo town, Mavoko sub-county.
Area assistant county commissioner David Mukungu said the men were attacked and beaten to death by irate members of the public on Wednesday.
Mukungu spoke to this writer at his office in Mlolongo town on Thursday.
He said the duo was on the fateful night escorting a third person from Mlolongo town to his Ngwata slum residence in outskirts of the town when the incident happened.
Mukungu said the two allegedly attempted to rob the third man they were escorting.
He said the man raised alarm attracting neighbors who responded to the distress call and lynched the men few metres to his house.
They died on the spot. Mukungu cautioned the residents against taking law into their own hands.