A worker died in a suspected electrocution incident while undertaking renovation works at a residential house in Charo Wamae area, Kilifi North Sub-County.
The deceased, identified as Stephen Maitha, was working alongside a colleague, Kelvin Wanjala, when the incident occurred on Monday, November 9, at around 2.10pm.
Police said the two electricians had been hired by a homeowner to carry out renovation works at his residence, with the assignment having commenced on Sunday, November 8.
Maitha was reportedly suspected to have suffered an electric shock while carrying out the works.
He was immediately rushed to Kilifi County Referral Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police recorded the incident as a sudden death by suspected electrocution. Further details surrounding the circumstances of the incident were not immediately available.
Elsewhere, the body of a 21-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Bura, Tana River County, has been recovered from a dam near Huruma Primary School.
The deceased, identified as Aisha Abubakara, was discovered floating in the dam on Monday, November 9, prompting police officers and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to visit the scene.
With the assistance of local divers, officers retrieved the body, which was swollen and in an advanced state of decomposition.
Police said the woman was identified by her husband, Abdul Bakari, who told investigators that she had left their matrimonial home in Bura on November 7 and never returned.
The husband further reported that his wife had been experiencing some mental health challenges.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) personnel processed the scene before the body was moved to Hola County Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police have launched investigations to establish the circumstances surrounding her death and determine whether foul play was involved.
The incident is being treated as a suspected drowning pending postmortem findings and further investigations.
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