A street child died after he was hit with a broken bottle on the neck in a fight over food given by a passerby.
Nairobi police commander Japheth Koome said the boy died soon after he was attacked at Globe Cinema Roundabout area in Nairobi.
"The attacker has been arrested and will appear in court on Tuesday morning
over the killing," Koome told The Star.
In 2015, Starehe
politician Francis Mwangi urged the Nairobi government to work with leaders in the city to relocate
.
Noting it is risky to walk on some of Nairobi's streets, he said the relocation will help reduce crime.
More children ended up on
after the 2007/8 post-poll violence that left 1,200 dead and at least 600,000 displaced.
In efforts to beautify the city ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama last July, street children were but their whereabouts were unknown.
A county official said the street children had been taken by county askaris and the NYS to Joseph Kang'ethe Primary School and transferred to the Ruai Rehabilitation Centre.
But other reports indicated the after Obama left. Officers from
Joseph Kang'ethe
Community Centre remained mum on the status of the street children taken there before Obama landed.
In November that year, it was reported that al Shabaab had changed tack and was in Mombasa.
Mombasa county commissioner Nelson Marwa said the Somali-based militia group was recruiting children aged 15 who were in desperate need of money.