A 33-year-old man and two bulls drowned after an ox-cart they were using to fetch water slid into Masinga Dam in Machakos county.
The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at Kawawile Village within Ndithini Subcounty.
Police identified the deceased as Dominic Nthenge, 33.
According to preliminary investigations, Nthenge was at the shores of Masinga Dam at about 4 pm, driving two bulls pulling an ox-cart to fetch water when the animals, cart and driver slipped into the dam.
The man and the two bulls all drowned.
Police officers visited the scene, where the body of the deceased and the carcasses of the two bulls were retrieved from the water.
Crime
scene investigators processed the area before the body was taken to the Daniel
Comboni Mission Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a postmortem
examination.
Police have launched investigations into the incident.
Elsewhere, the body of a fisherman who went missing after a fishing boat capsized in the Indian Ocean off Lamu county was recovered, bringing the search operation to a tragic end.
The deceased was identified as Kenga Katana, a 43-year-old fisherman from the Giriama community, who had been among seven fishermen involved in the boating incident.
Police said the body was recovered at about 7 pm on Friday from the Indian Ocean shoreline during a joint search and rescue operation conducted by Beach Management Unit (BMU) divers and officers from Baharini Police Station.
A preliminary examination at the scene revealed deep bite wounds on the body, which investigators suspect may have been inflicted by an unidentified sea creature after the fisherman disappeared at sea.
The body was positively identified by the deceased’s wife before the scene was processed and documented by investigators.
It was later transferred to the Mpeketoni Level IV Hospital mortuary, where it will undergo a postmortem examination to establish the exact cause of death.
Police said investigations into the boating accident are continuing.
In a different incident, police have launched investigations after a 96-year-old man was burned to death when fire destroyed his house in Kinangop, Nyandarua county.
The incident occurred on Friday night at Mutamayu Village in Gathara Sublocation.
The victim, identified as Joshua Wambugu Muchangi, was reportedly ill and lived alone in a three-room iron-sheet house located next to his son’s home.
Police officers from Kinangop Police Station and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) responded to the scene after receiving reports of the fire.
They found the house completely engulfed in flames, with Muchangi’s body burned beyond recognition.
Firefighters from the Nyandarua county Fire Brigade, assisted by members of the public, managed to extinguish the blaze, but the house and all household belongings had already been destroyed.
The
cause of the fire has not yet been established.
Crime scene investigators processed the area before the body was moved to the Engineer County Hospital mortuary for a postmortem examination.
Police said investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.
