A rider is counting losses after his horse was electrocuted while grazing at the Green Park area, Uhuru Park, Nairobi.
The rider told police he left the horse while grazing at the park on Monday afternoon and left for errands in the city.
When he came back, he found the animal dead. This was
after stepping on the wet ground connected to a live wire.
The live wire was lying on the ground following heavy rains that had been experienced in the area on Sunday.
The rider said the value of the horse was about Sh350,000. He said he has been using the horse to earn a living.
Individuals ride on the horse at a fee.
Police responded to the scene and called the Kenya Power officials who disconnected the power supply before moving the carcass pending further probe.
The heavy rains experienced destroyed properties. Roads were also flooded.
Elsewhere in Akala, Siaya County, a six-year-old boy was electrocuted in an incident.
The boy who is a pupil at Akala Township Primary School was electrocuted at their home while playing.
Police who visited the scene said they found the body lying on the ground with an injury on the left ear suspected to have been caused as a result of electrocution.
The body was moved to Bondo Sub-County Hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Meanwhile, two people separately drowned in incidents reported in Kakamega County.
The first incident happened in Limangale village in Ibokolo sub-location, Butere where one Alfred Mabango Keya, 72 drowned in Imbanda stream while bathing.
The man is said to have slid into the water as he took a shower and drowned.
The body was later removed and taken to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
In Navokholo, Makunga area one Geofrey Shisoka Ambani, 43 drowned in river Kwava in Mwichina village within Ematiha location.
Police said the river is 200 meters from the homestead.
The body was retrieved from the river with no physical injuries and moved to Kakamega Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting an autopsy.
