Police are investigating an incident in which a 30-year-old man died after he fell from the fifteenth floor of a building in the California area, Nairobi.
Shandrack Oyier, 30 slid and fell off while laying tiles on the floor of the house on Sunday evening.
Witnesses said the man slid off an opening, which was unsecured, and suffered fractured limbs, legs, and ribs.
Police said he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead while being attended to.
Such incidents have been on the rise at construction sites amid calls to take measures to address them.
Police say they receive up to two incidents of fatal falls at workplaces a week, which is alarming.
Meanwhile, a lifeless body of an unknown man aged about 23 years old was found on the footpath in the Makongeni area near the Aquinas area.
The body had a deep cut at the back of the head with his clothes soaked in blood.
Police say they are investigating murder over the discovery.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
