Police are investigating an incident where a nine-year-old girl drowned in an open and unfinished sewer line that had water in Mihango area, Nairobi county.
Police
said the incident happened in Utamu estate on Monday evening.
The
girl was playing with other children in the area when
she slipped into an open sewer line that is under construction in the area at
an open field.
The girl was a pupil at Mihango Junior Primary School, police
who attended the scene said.
The trench had water from the rains that have been
experienced in the city which caused the death, police and locals said.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was
pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
Police said they are investigating the incident even as
locals called for action on those behind the sewer line, which was left without
any caution.
Elsewhere in Athi River, Machakos County, a woman aged about 30 collapsed and died as she walked in the area.
Police said the woman
had said she was looking for a missing friend before she collapsed and died.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification
and autopsy.
In Likoni area, Mombasa, a man died after being assaulted
by his friends in a disagreement over money.
This was out of a deal that went sour, police said.
The man was rushed to hospital where he died. Police
said they are looking for the suspects behind the incident and that the body is
lying in a mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said they arrested a suspect in connection with the
murder and that a hunt for more accomplices was ongoing on Wednesday.
The police said they want to understand the kind of deal the
group had to lead to the attack that turned fatal.
In a different incident, a train hit and injured a man in Mwiki area, Nairobi.
The victim was crossing the railway line in the
Githurai-Mwiki area when he was hit and sustained a fractured left leg. The
right leg was amputated, and was rushed to the hospital.
Police said the victim was rushed to the hospital and
admitted in critical condition.
Such incidents have been on the rise amid a campaign to
address the same.
Kenya Railways has been running a campaign discouraging pedestrians
from crossing at places deemed unsafe.
Those crossing the railway line are also advised to avoid using earphones or headphones as they risk their life.
