A four-year-old girl electrocuted while playing outside their house

By Cyrus Ombati

Nairobi, Kenya: A four-year-old girl was electrocuted in an incident at the Kibera slums. The girl is said to have been playing outside their house when she touched a live wire, which killed her instantly.

Such incidents are common in the slum and police blame them on illegal power connections. The majority of residents in slum areas have illegally connected power, which endangers their lives.

A sensitisation programme is yet to be launched to educate the locals on the dangers of such illegal connections.