A 43-year-old woman was found dead inside a shallow borehole at her home in Nagoba Village, Budalangi Sub-Location, Bunyala Sub-County, Busia County.
The deceased, identified as Christine Onyango, reportedly went to fetch water from the borehole located in her kitchen garden behind her homestead before she was later discovered inside it.
Police officers rushed to the scene and reported the woman was reportedly found with her head inside the borehole and both legs hanging upwards.
However, the circumstances surrounding how she ended up inside the borehole remain unclear.
Police visited and documented the scene as investigations into the incident continued.
The cause of death is yet to be officially established.
Elsewhere, a 51-year-old man has been found dead in a shallow stream in Ebumangale Village, Shikomari Location, Kakamega County, in a suspected drowning incident.
The deceased, identified as Essau Omengo, was discovered lying face down and partially submerged in the stream on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
The man’s wife, told police that her husband had left home at around 6 a.m. to attend to his casual job but was later found dead in the stream.
The report indicated that Omengo had suffered from epilepsy for a long time, although the circumstances leading to his death remain unclear.
Police processed and documented the scene before moving the body to the Kakamega County Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary for preservation pending a postmortem examination.
The postmortem is expected to help establish the cause of death.
And the body of a 41-year-old man was retrieved from River Mutoho in Murang’a County on Tuesday morning.
The deceased, identified as Peter Murigi Kamande, was found floating along the riverbank near the border of Gathungururu Sub-location in Makuyu Location and Wathiani Sub-location in Sabasaba Location.
Police officers visited and processed the scene before retrieving the body from the river.
The deceased hailed from Gathungururu Village in Gathungururu Sub-location, Makuyu area, Murang’a County.
His body was transferred to Murang’a Level 5 Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police have yet to establish the circumstances under which Kamande entered the river.
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