Drowning incidentPolice are investigating an incident where a 13-year-old Grade 8 pupil drowned in a private dam in Runda village, Kongoni sublocation, Naivasha, Nakuru county.
The deceased, a pupil at Moi Ndabi Comprehensive School, went missing on September 27 at about 6pm, police said.
According to police his mother said efforts to locate the boy within the neighbourhood were unsuccessful.
At around 8pm, his clothes were spotted near a private dam owned by a resident.
Police officers visited the scene and launched a search for the missing pupil.
His body was subsequently retrieved from the dam. The scene was processed and documented by Crime Scene Investigation officers from Naivasha.
The body was taken to the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a post-mortem examination.
And a 14-year-old Grade 7 pupil at Kianwe Primary School in Kirinyaga county died after sustaining an injury during a lunch break at the school.
The deceased died on Sunday, September 27 at Ruai Family Hospital in Nairobi, where he had undergone surgery following the injury.
According to police, the child was initially reported to have been assaulted by a fellow pupil, a Grade 8 pupil at the same school.
His parents reported on September 24 that their son had suffered an injury to his wrist, which was suspected to have been dislocated.
He was first taken to Karatina Level 5 Hospital before being referred to Jamii Hospital for an X-ray examination. Doctors at Karatina later advised the family to seek further treatment at Ruai Family Hospital in Nairobi.
Police subsequently visited the school to establish the circumstances surrounding the injury.
The administration told investigators that Moses had been having lunch with other pupils before joining them in playing during the break.
According to the school administration, child attempted to jump over another one during the play and fell, allegedly dislocating his wrist.
The class teacher reportedly informed the teacher on duty, who contacted the parents of both pupils and advised them to take him to hospital.
The circumstances surrounding the pupil’s death are now under investigation, with police treating the matter as a suspected murder incident pending further findings.
Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man sustained serious injuries after falling from the fourth floor of a residential building in Nairobi’s Kangemi area.
The incident occurred at about 6:55am September 28, at an apartment, where the man had reportedly been drinking with six women.
Police from Kabete police station responded to reports of a disturbance at an apartment on the fifth floor and established that the man had fallen from the fourth floor and landed on an adjacent mabati rooftop.
According to the police, the man had allegedly been locked outside the apartment by the friends with whom he had been drinking before he fell from the building.
Police rescued him from the rooftop and rushed him to Eagles Nursing Hospital in Kangemi for urgent treatment.
He had multiple severe visible injuries to his head, hands, legs and other parts of his body.
Police also recovered assorted alcoholic drinks from the apartment as investigations continued.
Six women who were reportedly drinking with the victim at the time of the incident were taken into custody to assist with investigations.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall.
