- Their mother is admitted to hospital with serious burn injuries after the incident, police said.
- The incident happened in Riahiro village and involved Evalyne Wambua Waweru aged 33 and her elder brother Titus Ngugi Waweru, 44.
Officials are investigating an incident in which two siblings were electrocuted in a village in Kandara, Muranga County.
Their mother is admitted to hospital with serious burn injuries after the incident, police said.
The incident happened in Riahiro village within Muruka sub-location and involved Evalyne Wambua Waweru aged 33 and her elder brother Titus Ngugi Waweru, 44.
According to police and the parents of the victims, Evalyne was hanging clothes on a dry line outside their compound on Saturday when the incident happened.
She was hanging the clothes oblivious that the line was connected to an electric post outside the house and the roof of her brother which are suspected to have had power connections.
She was first electrocuted and raised an alarm for help prompting her brother Titus to rush to her rescue.
He too did not know that he could not rescue her with his bare hands and was electrocuted sustaining serious burns.
Their 64-year-old mother who saw them lying and burning helplessly also tried to rescue them in vain.
She was seriously burnt in the elbow, police said adding she escaped the scene.
An alarm was raised and villagers rushed to the scene but found the two siblings had succumbed, police said.
The woman was rushed to hospital while the bodies of the two were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Murang'a police boss David Mathiu said they are investigating the incident.
Officials from Kenya Power visited the scene as part of the probe into the tragedy.
Such incidents are on the rise and officials blame illegal connections for the same. A campaign has been launched to address the menace.
They happen mostly in informal settlements, officials say.
Meanwhile, tragedy struck a family when a five-month-old child drowned in a basin full of water in Ruaraka, Nairobi.
The mother of the child told police she had placed the daughter on a bed as she washed her clothes when the incident happened.
The child apparently rolled into the basin that was beside the bed and had water drowning.
The woman claimed she realized the drowning long after it had happened on Monday afternoon.
Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.