A
nine-year-old boy died after being electrocuted as he walked to school in
Ebwikhobero village, Mumias, Kakamega County.
The
boy, who is a grade two pupil at Maraba Primary School, was electrocuted after
stepping on a live wire that lay next to the road.
The
wires lay on the road after heavy rains forced the electric poles to fall off,
police and locals said of the Tuesday, July 15 incident.
Police
said the child and others were walking to school when the incident happened.
The
police rushed to the scene and alerted Kenya Power officials, who switched off the power supply to enable the removal of the body to the mortuary.
The
body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
Elsewhere,
a fire killed a three-year-old minor in a tragedy at a home in Ahero, Kisumu county.
Police
said the incident happened in Kogocho village and that the victim was a twin
brother to another female child who survived the fire on Tuesday.
The
two children had been left in the house by their parents as they went to work
in the area.
It
was then that the mattress they were lying on caught fire. The fire spread fast, killing one of the children while the second one was rescued.
The
remains of the child were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and
investigations, while the injured one is in hospital, police said.
Meanwhile,
police in Rabuor, Kisumu county are investigating murder after a 42-year-old
man was found dead.
According
to police, Samuel Ouma left his home for Okana Irrigation Scheme for work but
failed to return home.
His body was Tuesday morning found floating at the Obino Irrigation canal next to a farm he was working on, police said.
Police
said the body had visible bruises on the upper left eye and lips.
The
motive of the murder is yet to be known. The body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and investigations.
In
Sotik, Bomet county, one Violine Jepkorir, 34, died in unclear
circumstances.
Her body was found on her bed with some vomit.
There were herbs that had been
boiled that she had taken. Police said they are investigating the chemical and
that samples were picked up for analysis.
The
body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
The deceased lived with her daughter, aged two. She was handed over to a relative who said the woman had been sick and depended on the chemicals for recovery.
