- The couple do manual work in the area for a living.
- This forces them to leave the minor at a daycare centre to work for bread.
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A family is mourning the death of their nine-month-old son at a daycare centre they had left him in Kiambiu slums, Nairobi.
The parents of the child told police they left the boy with a woman who runs daycare services within Biafra on Thursday morning to enable them run errands for a living.
The couple do manual work in the area for a living.
This forces them to leave the minor at a daycare centre to work for bread.
They came back at about 5 pm ready to pick up the boy but found him lying unconscious.
They rushed him to Mother and Child Hospital in California where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of the death is yet to be established.
Police visited the centre as part of the probe into the death.
The body, which had no visible injuries was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe, police said.
In Butere, Kakamega County, police are investigating the murder of a five-month-old baby.
The child's mother said she went to fetch water and left the baby asleep in the house.
On coming back she found her door wide open and upon entering she found the baby lying dead on the floor.
Police visited the scene and established that the two-roomed semi-permanent mud-walled house was broken into by an unknown person who killed the child.
The body with no visible injuries was moved to Butere Funeral Home awaiting postmortem.
Elsewhere in Kanguruwe area, Kayole, a 32-year-old man was found dead in his room.
Police said the body of Quentine Munyaka Ngina who was a casual laborer was found lying dead on his bed.
The body, which had no visible injuries was moved to Mama Lucy Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
And police in Bondeni, Nakuru County are investigating the suspected murder of one Joyce Wairimu, 32.
Her relatives had gone to visit her on Thursday when they found her house locked with a padlock from outside.
They opened the door and found the body lying on a mattress with multiple bruises on her face.
Police said they are investigating the murder in the incident.
Efforts to trace the woman’s husband are ongoing, police said adding they want to know what happened leading to the death.
The body was moved to Nakuru County Municipal Mortuary awaiting postmortem.