Police have launched investigations after a 25-year-old man died following a fight at a lodging in Kamukunji, Nairobi on Saturday morning.

Police said Barnabas Oketch had gone to meet his girlfriend at a hotel along Duruma Road when he found her with another man. 

Oketch confronted the other man, who assaulted him on the head, leaving him with serious injuries.

Security guards rushed to the scene and moved him to the reception waiting room, where he died after a short time.

Meanwhile, the assailant escaped after committing the crime as police launched a manhunt to ensure his arrest.

Police confirmed that the body of the victim had swelling on his head.

The woman at the centre of the altercation was arrested as part of the investigations, while the body was taken to the mortuary for post-mortem.

According to police, many of the murder cases reported recently are linked to money, love triangles, and land issues.