Residents of Nyamage location in Bobaracho ward in Kisii County are living in fear after a body of a child who is yet to be identified found dumped at river Nyakomisaro on Thursday.
A witness Raphael Ogenche said he was passing by the river when he spotted the dead child in the river dead.
"I didn't believe my eyes when I spotted the child dumped in the river. I raised alarm to attract members of the public who arrived at the scene to witness the incident," he said.
He said the body of the deceased whose identity is yet to be revealed was retrieved from the river.
Area assistant chief Dismas Orang'i said the child might have killed somewhere else before the body was dumped in the area.
"Locals didn't identify the deceased which is a clear indication that he might have been killed somewhere else before his body was dumped in the river," he noted.
Orang'i said police officers from Bobarancho picked the body and took it to Kisii Teaching and referral hospital morgue.
He said anyone with reports of the missing child should visit the morgue to identify the body.
The chief confirmed that probe has started to establish the killers.
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