A three-year-old pupil has died after falling from the first floor of a boys’ dormitory at New Light Academy in Soy, Uasin Gishu County.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at around 1pm while the child, was playing with three other children at the school.
According to police, Baraka was a pupil in the school’s daycare class when he accidentally fell from the first floor of the dormitory and sustained a head injury.
He was rushed to Ziwa Sub-County Hospital for treatment but succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention.
His body was initially preserved at the hospital before being transferred to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
Police have recorded the incident as a death investigation as they establish the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall.
And a seven-year-old boy has drowned in River Endoo in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County, while playing with other children after school.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at around 3pm in Sewene Village, Ketigoi Sub-location, within Mao Location.
The deceased, was a PP1 pupil at Chemosong ECD School.
According to police, the boy had gone to play with other children after school at around 12:30pm. He was later reported to have drowned while the children were attempting to swim in the river.
Police visited the scene, where they established that the boy had drowned and died.
Villagers assisted in retrieving his body from the river. Police processed the scene before the body was moved to Kamwosor Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
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