A 30-year-old man died after a stone reportedly propelled from a mining site by an explosive blast struck him on the head in Moyale, Marsabit County.
The incident occurred on Monday in Nasore area, Dabel Location, within Moyale Sub-County.
Police said Hassan Abdi Guyo, a Gabra man, was sleeping inside his makeshift nylon-walled house at about 7.30 am when a stone struck him on the head. Police said he died at the scene.
Police investigations indicated that an explosive reportedly detonated at a mining site about 200 metres away, propelling a stone that struck the man. The impact left the man with a visible injury to the head.
Police said they had identified a suspect in connection with the incident.
The suspect was reported to be on the run as investigators sought to establish the circumstances surrounding the blast and the events leading to Guyo’s death.
The scene was processed, and investigations commenced before the body was removed to Moyale Sub-County Hospital mortuary.
Police investigations into the incident are ongoing.
In a different incident, a 37-year-old man drowned in Silungai Stream in Matete Sub-County, Kakamega County, after he reportedly slipped and fell from a footbridge.
The deceased was identified as Ayub Kakai.
Officers who visited the scene found the body in the water and said the deceased had apparently slipped while crossing the footbridge before falling into the stream.
The body was retrieved and moved to St Martha Chimoi Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning, with the autopsy expected to establish the cause of death.
Meanwhile, police in Rachuonyo East, Homa Bay County, have launched investigations into the death of a 38-year-old man whose body was found at Ringa Trading Centre on Monday morning.
The body of Geoffrey Aroko Ayieko was discovered lying on his back near a boda boda shade at the trading centre at about 8 am.
A passerby alerted police after spotting the body.
Police said the deceased had multiple fractures and bruises on his body, although no visible open wound was detected.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Ayieko had previously worked as a farmhand for a retired teacher in the Ringa area before his services were discontinued.
Police said the deceased had experienced mental health challenges.
He was reported to have been last seen on the road at about 2 am on Monday, several hours before his body was discovered.
The circumstances leading to his death remain unclear, with investigators treating the incident as a suspected murder as they seek to establish where, when and how the injuries were inflicted.
After processing the scene, detectives moved the body to Marani Sub-County Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
Police are expected to rely on autopsy findings, forensic examination and statements from witnesses to establish the cause and circumstances of Ayieko’s death.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
