Storm wind at Nakuru school kills three-year-old girl, injures nine children

Tragedy struck a private school when a storm wind hit the school in Nakuru and killed a three-year-old girl, police said.

Nine other minors were injured in the January 16, 2026, incident at the Pascal Academy, police said.

Responders said the strong wind blew off the roof of four classrooms, including those of PP1, PP2, Grade 1 and Grade 2, where the children were.

This left the child dead. The injured, who were aged between five and 1,5 were rushed to hospitals in the area.

The incident left the parents of the deceased child devastated as the body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

Officials said the incident was under investigation.

Elsewhere in Kapenguria, West Pokot County, the bodies of two children aged five and seven were exhumed following a court order. The children had been buried after their mysterious death.

A court ordered that they be exhumed as part of the probe into the death. Police exhumed the bodies on January 16 in an exercise witnessed by many locals.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary. The deaths happened on December 29, 2025, police said.

And police in Manyanja, Bungoma County, are investigating an incident where a 70-year-old man drowned in a local river.

The body had visible injuries in the mouth and nose when he was found in the water.

Police suspect he had gone to bathe in the river when he drowned.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy.

In Mutuobare, Embu County, one Alex Mureithi, 25, drowned in the Ciakarigo River while on a swimming session. He was in the company of a friend when he drowned, before his body was later removed to the mortuary.

Elsewhere, ten people died in separate accidents reported on Saturday, January 17. The victims included three pedestrians, three passengers, two riders and two drivers, police said, adding 13 people were injured in the incidents and were admitted to various hospitals.

In the Kaptama area, Bungoma County, one David Kibet, 28, was found dead with bullet wounds in the chest. The body was found in his house. Police said the deceased had earlier on assaulted two men in a love triangle saga.

Police moved the body to the mortuary pending postmorterm.

It is not clear if the death is linked to the earlier assault and the love triangle saga. Police said they are investigating the incident.

The police said they want to establish who was behind the shooting. A spent cartridge was recovered at the scene and taken for ballistic analysis, police said.