Man dies after being trapped in septic tank in Kabete
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A man was killed after the wall of a septic tank he was expanding collapsed and trapped him in Kabete, Nairobi.
Police and locals said Wilfred Mwangi, 46 was expanding his septic tank for an apartment when the wall he was digging collapsed. It then pushed him to the sewer of the tank fatally. He was rescued and rushed to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere in Malinya, Kakamega County, one Aggrey Kashidi, 42 died after being trapped in a gold mine site.
He was among a group that had ventured into the gold mining site in Musire when it collapsed on Monday evening.
The body was retrieved and moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
This is the latest such incident to happen in the area amid calls for safety of the workers at the gold mine sites.
Some of the workers are blamed for the incidents as they disregard the safety measures in place.
In Kegondi, Vihiga County, a 29-year-old woman was found dead on the roadside after a suspected murder.
Police identified her as Quinter Nyahenda and added the body had blood oozing from her nose.
The cause of the death was not immediately established as police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Ruai, Nairobi, one Juma Hassan, 27 was found dead in his house. The cause of his death was not immediately known, police said of the February 9, 2026 incident.
His body was found in his bed in the house that was locked from inside. It took officials efforts to break into the house to access the body.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
And in Malindi, Kilifi County, a 16-year-old boy drowned while swimming in the Indian Ocean. The victim was swimming at Buntwani beach when he drowned. His body was retrieved long after the incident and police said he was a grade nine pupil at St Andrews’s Primary School.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.