Tragedy struck a construction site after a painter died after he fell from the third floor of a house he was working on in Kizingo area, Mombasa county.
Police and witnesses said Josephat Wafula, 35, was painting a wall on the third floor when he slid and fell to the basement floor on Saturday.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
Police visited the scene as part of the probe into the incident, as the body was moved to the mortuary.
Such tragedies have been on the increase at construction sites amid calls for safety on workers at large.
The incidents remain under probe.
Elsewhere, two people drowned in separate incidents in Vihiga and Mombasa Counties.
In the first incident, a child drowned in Muhudu area Cheptulu, Vihiga county.
Police said the two-year-old baby boy drowned in a trench full of water in a home.
The child was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The area has been experiencing heavy rains. The body was moved to the mortuary.
In Kiembeni, Mombasa County, a four-year-old girl drowned in a well in an incident.
The girl, with other friends, had been playing at the scene when she drowned in the well that was uncovered.
The body was retrieved and moved to the mortuary pending other procedures, police said. In Soy, Uasin Gishu County, the body of a man was found at a cemetery.
The body was found on Saturday in the Kiplombe area, long after his death. Police said they are investigating whether the victim was killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the site.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and identification.
And a 32-year-old miner was killed at a sand mining site in Ivona, Vihiga County.
This is the latest such incident to happen at sand mining sites amid calls for the need to have safety at the places.
Police said there has also been an increase in similar incidents at gold mining sites.
On February 22, 2026, Willis Kidwaro was among a group that was harvesting sand in Buhani area when the walls caved in and trapped him. His colleagues did not realise he was missing or had been trapped.
His family said he failed to return home on February 22, 2026, as usual, raising concerns among some of them.
It was not until after four days that the decomposed body was discovered at the scene covered by sand, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy, police said, adding they were investigating the tragedy.
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