The decomposing body of a suspected thief who fell to his death in Kasarani was discovered on Monday, March 25, after neighbours complained of a foul smell.
Police suspect the deceased fell and died after he tried to gain entry into a house whose owner had been away for a while.
The suspect tried to gain entry after cutting the window grill since the door was closed before he fell and landed on his head bleeding to death.
Neighbours called the police after the foul smell emanating from the house became unbearable.
Police broke into the house and found the body of the man in his 40s rotting with blood oozing from the mouth.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further processing.
The owner of the house was contacted and informed of the tragedy.
Meanwhile, a construction worker lost his life after being electrocuted while working on a site in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Kyalo Nzangi, 29, died on the spot after being electrocuted at a construction site over the weekend.
According to police, the deceased died while trying to disconnect a flood light that was being used on the ground floor.
“The workers had lit the light to help them continue their work at the site. Nzangi was electrocuted because he was not wearing gloves when he removed the floodlight and suffered severe burns from the electric shock,” police said.
The deceased was rushed to Mother and Care Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was taken to the Mama Lucy Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination.
The latest incident adds to a series of similar accidents at construction sites in Eastleigh and Nairobi in general.
On Wednesday, a stone from a construction site fell and killed a pedestrian in Eastleigh.
19-year-old Abdikaff Mohamed was walking along Second Avenue, Seventh Street when the stone fell and hit him on the head.
He was rushed to Care Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
After the incident, police visited the site and ordered construction to be halted pending an investigation into the incident by officials from the county government and the National Construction Authority.
