From: Maurice Oduor

This is overkill. Burying someone alive for stealing 3 goats !!!! God have mercy !!! On the other hand, he did take those goats via robbery. Robbing people tends to get them very angry.

http://www.kenyan-post.com/2013/10/this-goat-thief-faced-consequences.html

This goat THIEF faced the consequences…… BURIED ALIVE in Kilifi

The Kenyan DAILY POST County News 14:49

Friday 25th October 2013 – A 40 year old man from a village in Kilifi County was buried alive for allegedly stealing three goats.

Angry villagers of Girimacha area in Langobaya stormed the house of Kesi Muhamba and forcefully threw him out. Muhamba was accused of raiding a homestead alongside two other men and stealing three goats before tying them on a motorbike and escaping.

The owner raised an alarm and the two were cornered by neighbours before going far.

The two escaped leaving Muhamba, who was carrying the goats at the mercy of the mob. He was stoned and after getting unconscious, buried in a shallow grave.

The area police boss who confirmed the incident said that the suspect died from suffocation. He condemned mob justice urging locals to shun violence. The body was retrieved by police and is lying at the Kilifi District hospital mortuary.

The Kenyan DAILY POST