One-year-old's body found floating in a well in Kawangware

Police are investigating the death of a one and half-year-old child whose body was found in a well at a residential apartment in Kawangware, Nairobi.

Police said the mother of the child had earlier reported the baby boy as missing.

It was until hours later when a neighbor who had gone to draw water from the well stumbled on the body of the baby floating.

She raised the alarm, prompting fire brigade officials to respond. They successfully retrieved the body in the incident that occurred on Saturday.

Police said they are yet to establish how the boy drowned.

Residents said the well had been left uncovered and suspected the child drowned accidentally.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Meanwhile, a middle aged man was stabbed to death in a robbery incident in Mathare slums.

The victim’s body was found in a pool of blood on Saturday night.

Police said the victim is suspected of having resisted a robbery incident in Takataka area prompting the violent attack on him.

The body was found with stab wounds in the stomach and chest.

A suspect was seen escaping from the scene and police say a hunt on him is ongoing.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures, Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said.

Elsewhere, police are investigating the death of a man who died at his house after complaining of stomachache in Kitengela, Kajiado County.

Shadrack Ndunda was brought to his house hours after he had left for work in the area and started to complain of pain in the stomach. His clothes were muddy, police said.

 His wife told police she rushed him to Kitengela sub-county hospital, where he was treated and discharged the same day.

But on Friday his condition worsened and died in the house.

Police who visited the scene said the body had bruises on the right hand at the elbow suspected to be a bite by human teeth.