The body of the minor was recovered
badly burnt after locals contained the fire on Tuesday evening, police said.
The fire was caused by a burning candle,
police said, citing the elder sister of the deceased minor.
She explained she had lit a candle
and left it burning in their sitting room as the minor slept in the bedroom. The
survivor went out to play before she and the
other children noticed smoke billowing from the house.
They raised an alarm, and by the time locals had
responded, the structure had been flattened.
The remains were moved to the mortuary pending an
autopsy and other investigations.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old woman was
electrocuted in an incident in Rachuonyo, Homa Bay County.
Police said the incident happened
in the Kokech area and left one Caren Atieno dead.
Her body was found outside her
sitting room long after the incident had happened, police and locals said.
This was after she touched a
clothes line that had been connected to a live wire.
Police said she was removing
clothes from the line when she was electrocuted. It emerged the clothesline had
been connected to a live wire that electrocuted the woman.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Nakuru’s Kiugoine area, a man was electrocuted as he
connected power in a church.
Police said Douglas
Auda, 29 had been contracted to connect power within a local church when the
incident happened on Wednesday afternoon.
He was to connect the
power supply from the main church to its offices, police said.
He was electrocuted
while on the roof of the church, busy connecting wires, and fell off to the ground.
Police said he was
rushed to a local hospital, where he succumbed to the burns.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations, police said.
In Rabai, Kilifi County, a casual labourer was fatally crushed by a forklift in
an incident at a logistics firm.
The deceased was loading a container at the firm’s
yard when it accidentally tilted and crushed him.
He was identified as Emanuel Mwandogo, 24. He died
on the spot, police said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations, police said of the November 4, 2025 incident.
