Object that fell from the skies is a separation ring from a rocket

Kenya Space Agency officials inspect the object that fell from the skies in Mukuku village, Makueni county. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has said the mysterious object that fell from the skies on Monday evening in Mukuku, Makueni county, is a separation ring from a rocket.

The Agency in a statement on January 1, 2025 clarified that the metallic ring with an estimated diameter of 2.5 metres weighing 500 kilograms ad detached from a mother rocket-and this might be a special case since only large rocket fragments survive through the space to hit the ground.