Man electrocuted at construction site in Kayole

A 31-year-old man was electrocuted as he cleaned a room at a construction site in Kayole, Nairobi county.

Police said Eric Kioko was a casual labourer.

He was cleaning the terrazzo floor on Wednesday on the second floor of the building when he suddenly fell and became immobile.

The floor apparently had a live wire loosely connected to it when the incident happened.

Upon noticing, his colleagues dashed to switch off the power supply but it was too late as he had died.

His body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other procedures, police said.

Such incidents are common at construction sites amid calls for protection of workers by the contractors. Police said the incidents are under probe.

Elsewhere in Kibathi, Nyandarua county, the body of Stephen Njenga, 46, was found hanging on a bridge after he had drowned in a waterlogged sewerage.

It is suspected that he could have been involved in a motorcycle accident at the bridge.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem and other investigations.

Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident where at least 13 human bones were recovered from the banks of Athi River in Donyo Sabuk, Machakos county.

“The bones were probably left by hyenas marauding in the area after the body had been swept to the site,” police said on Wednesday.

Residents who said the bones included a jaw, hands and skull made the discovery in Syumbuni.

The bones were moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.

In Kithimu, Embu county, Jeremiah Ndwiga, 60, was found murdered in his farm. His family said he had gone out of their compound on January 19 and failed to return.

It is until the following day when the body was found in the farm on a pathway.

Police said the body had visible injuries on the head and back.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending a murder probe.

In Oyugis, Homa Bay county, police arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of two people on November 6.

Police said he was arrested in Obisa village following intelligence reports on his hideout.

The suspect had been on the run until January 21 when he was arrested.

He is also accused of injuring two police officers who had tried to arrest him after the murder.

The suspect is accused of killing Bruno Onyango and Ben Odhiambo during the Kasipul by-election campaigns.

He is also accused of assault and resisting arrest, police said.