A woman has been arrested after she plunged her two sons inside a water well on Monday morning at 10am, DCI has said.
In an incident that shocked residents of Chepkogen village in Chemaner, Bomet county, the mother, Sharon Chebet, forced her two boys, aged six and four years, into the 40-metres deep water well and left them to drown.
DCI stated that luckily, a neighbour heard the boys wailing in distress, from deep inside the water hole.
"Together with other well wishers, they joined hands and rescued the boys who were drenched in water, before rushing them to Longisa county referral hospital," DCI stated.
The six-year-old boy was rescued from the brink of death by good samaritans, but his four-year old brother passed on.
Their 22-year-old mother was immediately arrested for the beastly act and is currently in custody being processed for arraignment.
