Boy dies after falling from third-floor balcony in Umoja

FILE IMAGE OF A POLICE LINE

A four-year-old boy died after falling from the balcony of a third-floor apartment at Mwalimu Court in Nairobi’s Umoja Two area.

Police said the juvenile, fell from the balcony of his family’s residential house at about 8:40pm on September 4, 2026.

The child was rushed to Penda Medical Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police officers visited the scene and established that the boy had sustained a severe head injury that resulted in profuse bleeding.

The Buruburu Sub-County Crime Scene Investigation team processed the scene as officers commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall.

The boy’s body was moved to Kenyatta University Mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy.

Police investigations are ongoing.