Police are investigating the murder of a 45-year-old man whose body was found on the roadside in Ingalwa village, Kegondi, Vihiga County.
The body had been dropped in Chandumba Market on Saturday after murder elsewhere, police said and identified the deceased as Meshack Sindani Mengo.
The body had stab wounds on the chest and neck. The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations.
And a nine-year-old girl was electrocuted in an incident in Koibatek, Baringo County.
The incident happened on Saturday October 25 in Seketetwo village, police said adding she ws trying to fix a water heater in the socket when she was electrocuted. She died on the spot before the body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
And police are investigating a drowning incident that happened at Kenya Project Estate in Mtwapa, Kilifi County involving a ten-year-old boy.
The boy drowned in a swimming pool while on an expedition with his friends on Saturday October 25, 2025, police said. Police are investigating the incident. The body was moved to a local mortuary pending an autopsy.
Elsewhere in Marimanti area, Tharaka Nithi County, one Nathan Kimathi, 52, who was reported missing was found drowned in Kathita river.
The body was retrieved from the river by members of the public before police arrived at the scene.
The body with peeled off skin on the left shoulder was moved to Marimanti Level IV Mortuary awaiting post mortem.
Meanwhile, a man was seriously injured after being struck by lightning in Nandi Hills, Nandi County.
The man was plucking tea at a plantation while it drizzled and as he listened to a radio on his headphones.
He sustained serious injuries and was rushed to hospital where he was admitted in stable condition, police said of the Saturday incident.
Such strikes have been on the rise in the area amid calls for caution among locals.
