Woman, 60, electrocuted while mopping house

A 60-year-old woman was electrocuted in a tragic incident as she mopped her house in Elukhogo village, Vihiga county.

Police said Margret Timina was found dead in her house long after the incident happened.

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

Kenya Power officials visited the scene as part of the investigations into the incident.

Officials blame such incidents on illegal power connections and use of quacks in wiring processes.

Elsewhere in Voi, Taita Taveta county, a man was electrocuted as he tried to vandalise a power transformer.

Police said his body was found lying next to the transformer long after the incident.

The incident led to a power blackout in the Mbirikani area before Kenya Power officials fixed it.

Such incidents have been on the rise in villages where thieves target transformers for vandalism.

There is an ongoing campaign against the trend. The incidents have been on the rise in rural areas where those behind the trend target valuables for use elsewhere.

Meanwhile, a cow was electrocuted in Geterere village, Keumbu, Kisii county.

This is after it stepped on a live naked cable on the roadside. Kenya Power officials said the cow stepped on the naked cable that lay after a pole fell at the scene.

The owner of the cow was advised to seek compensation from the company.

In Macalder, Migori county, police are investigating an incident where a herder drowned.

Abraham Otieno, 23, was taking a bath at river Kuja when he slipped in and drowned. His body was also swept downstream.

Police said the man’s clothes and shoes were found on the river bank.

The search for the body ended on Monday February 9 after the body was retrieved and moved to the mortuary.

The river empties to Lake Victoria and is usually swollen at that point.

In Nyamira’s Ekerenyo area, one Bernard Nyakwara, 34, was killed over claims he stole chicken from a home.

Police said a known suspect –his nephew – who escaped the scene assaulted him. The body was moved to the mortuary pending postmortem.