A woman was found dead after a strike by lightning in a village in Kwanza, Trans Nzoia County.
The incident
happened on October 1, 2025, in Ndege Village following heavy rains and involved
one Beatrice Kunikina, 66.
The incident occurred while the deceased was in her kitchen preparing supper during a heavy rainstorm, police said.
She died on the spot as a result of the lightning strike, police who visited the scene said.
The body was moved to Kijana Wamalwa Referral Hospital Mortuary pending autopsy and burial arrangements by the family.
Locals have appealed for help to install gadgets to contain the incidents.
Elsewhere, a man died after being stung by a swarm of bees in Oyugis, Homa Bay County. The man was said to be mentally ill and had gone to provoked the bees, which turned on him.
He was stung to death, police and locals said.
The body was moved to the mortuary following the October 1, 2025, incident.
Meanwhile, a minor aged one and two months drowned in a bucket full of water outside their house in Harambee area, Buruburu, Nairobi.
The girl had been playing outside the house and had been left under the care of her grandmother when the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon.
A relative found her in the water and removed her in an effort to save her in vain, police said.
She was rushed to the Mama Lucy Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said they are investigating the incident and that the body did not have any visible injuries when it was found at the hospital.
Elsewhere, a man was found dead after a suicide mission at the Elgeyo Forest Station in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
The man, identified as Charles Kabiru Njenga, 25, died in his brother’s house, who is an employee at the Kenya Forest Service, police said.
The motive of the incident was not immediately known.
The body was moved to eh mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace.
Most of the victims are men, statistics show.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties, and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, a history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression, and bipolar disorder.
The government says efforts are being made to address the menace.
