Police are investigating
an incident where a decomposed body of a 60-year-old man was found in a
borehole in Kalima Upepo area, Bamburi, Mombasa County.
The man is said to have
slipped into the 60-foot deep borehole or been killed and dumped there.
The body was later
identified as that of James Tabulei, 60.
Locals said the borehole
was in use and they had been disturbed by a foul smell from the water.
This forced them to
establish the source, only to stumble on the body in the April 8 incident.
A rescue team from
Mombasa County was called to the scene and retrieved the body from the
borehole.
Officials said it did not
have any visible injuries at the time of retrieval.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
In Nambale, Busia County,
the body of Leonard Ouma Wabwire was found in a borehole.
Police said Wabwire, 38, went missing on April 6 before the body was discovered in the borehole of a
neighbour two days later.
Police and other rescuers
managed to retrieve the body and took it to the mortuary pending autopsy and
investigations.
In Juja, Kiambu County, a
15-year-old boy drowned in Thika River while on a swimming expedition.
Police said the boy was in
the company of his friends when the incident happened on Wednesday evening.
Police said the boy was
rescued and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on
arrival.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.
Elsewhere in Navakholo,
Kakamega County, the body of one Hellen Nakaya Wasike, 67, was found in a stream
after a drowning incident.
Locals had reported the
woman was missing after she was swept downstream in Musagaa village.
They then mounted a search
before the body was found trapped within stones in the water.
The woman was still holding
her handbag when the body was found and retrieved.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police said they are investigating the incidents, and local experts are handling them.
