A five-year-old boy died after drowning at a swimming pool at PCEA Kahawa Sukari in Ruiru Sub-County, Kiambu County.
The deceased drowned on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at approximately 3:45pm while children were swimming at the facility.
Police said swimming coach who was supervising the children, said other children raised the alarm after noticing that the boy was drowning.
The coach reportedly jumped into the pool, retrieved the child and contacted the school nurse to administer first aid.
The boy was subsequently rushed to Plains View Hospital along Thika Road, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police officers visited and documented the scene before the body was transferred to Montezuma Monalisa Funeral Home, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police have taken the necessary action as investigations into the incident continue.
Elsewhere, police in Khwisero Sub-County, Kakamega County, have launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was found floating in River Yala at Muluyeka Village.
The body, believed to be that of a man aged approximately 55 years, was discovered on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, trapped in thick vegetation along the river.
The officers retrieved the partially decomposed body, which was subsequently examined and documented at the scene.
It was later transferred to Butere County Hospital Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination and identification.
Police are yet to establish the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.
And police in Migori County launched investigations into the murder of a mechanic who was allegedly abducted from his workplace by armed men in Kehancha Township before his body was discovered beside a road in Kebobino Village.
The deceased was identified as Joseph Wang’eng’i, a mechanic operating in Kehancha Township, Kuria West Sub-County.
Police visited the scene in Kebobino Village, Gwikonge Sub-Location, where they found the body lying beside the road.
The victim had a slit throat and multiple deep cut wounds on his head, left wrist and palm, as well as an injury to his left foot.
An extensively damaged mobile phone was also recovered beside the body, although its ownership had not been established.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Wang’eng’i had allegedly been picked up from his place of work earlier that evening by unknown assailants armed with machetes.
The suspects were reportedly travelling in a white Toyota Noah whose registration number was partially captured as KCL, with the remaining characters yet to be established.
The body was moved to Kehancha Sub-County Hospital Mortuary, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Detectives have launched investigations to establish the circumstances surrounding the killing and identify those responsible.