Bodies of 2 drowned boys retrieved from dam in Kirinyaga

The bodies of two boys who drowned in a dam were retrieved after a day of search in Kiandai, Kirinyaga county.

The two had drowned on Thursday, November 27, as they played in the water.

Police said they were aged 10 and 15.

It was not until the following day that the bodies were retrieved from the dam by the Kenya Red Cross and Kirinyaga Fire Fighters officials.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Police said they are investigating the incident.

The incident increased to four, the number of people who were reported drowned at the weekend alone.

Police said the other incident was reported in Savannah area, Nairobi, where Ngong River meanders.

Police said a decomposed body of a man was found lying on the river bank of the Ngong River long after he had died.

The body was swept to the area before it was discovered Friday afternoon. It had no identification documents and was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy.

In Ramula, Yala, Siaya County, the body of a man was found in Kochanda stream long after his drowning, police said on Saturday.

Police said the body was fully dressed when it was found and taken to the local mortuary.

Police said the body had visible injuries on the head and hands, and that they are open to investigating murder.

The body was kept at the Yala Level Four mortuary pending an autopsy and identification.

Cases of drowning have been on the rise in various places, with up to four incidents being reported weekly, police say.

And police in Kisumu are investigating an incident where a fisherman died after an assault by a fellow fisherman after a disagreement in Obambo area.

The police said Ochieng Janyahera succumbed to the injuries almost ten days after his attack.

Two fishermen had disagreed at Usare beach and fought before Janyahera was hit in the head. He died days later at the Kisumu Hospital. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Meanwhile, a man was hit and killed in an attack by unknown people in Kawaida area, Karuri, Kiambu County.

Police said Stephen Koloni, 37, succumbed to the injuries in the hospital ten days after the incident.

Two suspects were arrested and will face murder charges, police said.

The body was moved to the mortuary after the death on November 28 pending an autopsy, police said.

Murder cases have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them. Most of the cases are pending in courts, police say.