An elderly
woman was found dead after being burnt in her house in a tragedy in Mukuyuni
area, Makueni County.
Police said
the incident happened as Sekuda Mbovu tried to light fire to make her
breakfast.
She fell
into the same fire and was badly burnt dying on the spot.
Police said
she lived alone in the house at the time of the incident. Her relatives visited
her on a regular basis.
The remains
were picked up and taken to a local mortuary-pending autopsy and other
investigations, police said.
Elsewhere a
50-year-old man was killed in a fire incident in Muthaiga village, Nyahururu,
Nyandarua County.
Police
officers visited the scene, found a three-bedroomed timber house on fire on
Wednesday night, and managed to coordinate efforts to contain its spread.
The scene
was processed and a lifeless body was found in one of the rooms that was burnt
beyond recognition, which is suspected to be that of Patrick Eshiudu who
resides in the said house, police said.
The body was
moved to the mortuary-pending autopsy and other procedures.
Police said
the cause of the fire was not immediately established.
It is
suspected the fire was started intentionally and police are investigating the
theory to know the motive.
Police
warned they will prefer murder and arson charges on those found to be behind
the incident.
Elsewhere in
Mwingi’s Kyanika village, a man was killed after a wall collapsed on him.
Police said
Charles Munyao Mulatya, 52 died after being trapped by the debris of a house he
was demolishing on Thursday afternoon.
According to
witnesses and police, Mulatya was removing bricks from an abandoned house
belonging to his brother when the wall collapsed and trapped him.
The body had
visible injuries on the left side of the head and jaws when police arrived at
the scene and moved it to the mortuary pending autopsy and other
investigations.
Meanwhile, a
70-year-old man and his wife are nursing wounds in hospital after they were
attacked by a hyena in Oleserian village, Kajiado County.
The
marauding hyena that attacked their home on Thursday morning killed their three
dogs.
The man
responded to the scene only to be attacked by the same hyena that bit him on
the lower limbs.
His wife
responded to the scene and was also bitten in the forearms and thigh.
They were
taken to a local hospital and admitted in stable condition.
The hyena
was later cornered in the area and killed by locals after it killed a goat,
police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said.
Such
incidents are common in the area amid calls on KWS to be alert and respond
whenever called. The wild animals stray from nearby national parks to villages
causing a conflict.
