Bungoma-based operator Joseph Kubende dies after falling from the fourth floor of the house
A Bungoma-based renowned political mobilizer Joseph Kubende has died after a fall from the fourth floor of an apartment in the Roysambu area, Nairobi.
Police said Kubende, 42 was alone at the time of his fall on Thursday, March 23 evening and had landed on his head becoming unconscious.
He was rushed to Jesse Kay Hospital on Lumumba Drive before he was referred to Radiant Hospital in Pangani where he succumbed.
He had come to Nairobi to visit his cousin Justo Misika Wanyama last week and was on his way to the USA where he apparently resides and works, police said.
Kubende is said to have been on the balcony of GM Apartments alone before he fell off from the fourth floor.
It is not clear what triggered his fall and if it was accidental or he was pushed off, police said.
An investigation is ongoing.
Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa joined Kenyans in eulogizing Kubende, who he described as a good friend.
“Rest in Peace my good friend Joseph Kubende. I have just confirmed that the blossoming young man has rested after falling from the 4th floor of an apartment in Roysambu,” said the MP in a social media post.
And a 22-year-old man was electrocuted in an incident in the Lucky Summer area, Nairobi.
Witnesses said Owen Sigu was walking along Oasis Street within Lucky Summer at around 9 pm when he supported himself on an electric pole with hanging live wire.
The wire hit him and killed him on the site.
Police and Kenya Power officials arrived at the scene minutes later and moved the body to the mortuary.
Cases of electrocution have been on the rise and are blamed on illegal power connections in most informal settlement areas.
