At least two people were killed in a fire incident in Nairobi’s Mukuru slums. The fire also left more than 30 families homeless, police said.
The fire broke out in the Fuata Nyayo area on October 9 at about 10 am and spread fast flattening up to 30 structures.
According to police, it was established that it started from one mabati structure and spread to two blocks of building structures reducing a total of 30 of them to ashes.
Two bodies were later retrieved from the scene. The bodies included that of a man and an infant aged eight months, police said.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Meanwhile, a body was found floating on the Nairobi River in Gituamba area, Kiambiu, Buruburu. The body is believed to have been at the site for days.
Police said they are investigating drowning in the incident.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and investigations.
In Yatta, Machakos County, a nine-year-old boy who is a grade four pupil at Mount Olive Primary School drowned in a fish pond within their compound.
The boy’s mother said she found him drowned after he tried fishing.
The body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy.
In Khayega, Kakamega County, the body of an unknown male adult was found floating on river Yala. Police officers visited the scene and found the body retrieved by the area community leaders.
The body which had marks on the hands believed to have been mutilated was moved to Kakamega County Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting identification and autopsy.
Police want those whose kin and friends are missing to visit the facility for identification.
It is also suspected the man was killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the river.
An investigation into the discovery is ongoing. River Yala is famous for being a dumping site for people killed elsewhere.
