Multi-agency teams are investigating an incident in which a 32-year-old man was Tuesday electrocuted in an incident in Kiplabotwo, Bomet East subcounty.
Also electrocuted was a dog.
The teams want to understand if there was any form of negligence from the power distributor that contributed to the deaths.
This follows complaints from residents officials said.
The man and his dog died after coming into contact with a live electric wire that had fallen into his compound in the village.
Police said Gilbert Langat was electrocuted while attempting to dissuade children from approaching the collapsed electricity pole.
As he directed the children from the dangerous cables, he stepped on one of the live wires, police said.
Langat was rushed to Longisa County Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The dog was also electrocuted during the incident as it ventured to the scene on noticing Langat was down.
The dog’s carcass could not be retrieved immediately as it remained stuck to the electric cable.
Kenya Power personnel and police visited and processed the scene.
Meanwhile, in Murangá’s Kabati area, a power transformer was vandalised by unknown people and gadgets stolen.
The transformer that had been placed near Thangira Umoja Secondary.
Police and Kenya Power officials visited the scene as part of the probe into the incident.
