Man's pain after wife and son electrocuted

The bodies of Hannah Wambui,80,and her 40 year old son Dominic Thuku from Ng'ethu village in Gatundu North who were electrified after an electric shock.It is alleged Thuku had connected power illegally from a Kenya Power electricity pole near their home.Kenya power officials warned residents against illegal connections terming them as dangerous.PHOTO BY KAMAU MAICHUHIE.

Ndung’u Baiya, 85, from Ng’ethu village in Gatundu North, vividly remembers his wife’s call for help one fateful morning last week.

It is a memory that will stay with Mr Baiya for quite some time. His wife of more than 40 years, Hannah Wambui, was washing utensils in the kitchen when she started screaming.