Shock as 70-year-old man found dead in school toilet

A 70-year-old man was found dead in a school's pit latrine at Bar-Kanyango sub-location in North Yimbo Location.

According to the area chief Opil Rabut, body of the deceased Godfrey Okwogo Ogola was found by the school head teacher at 8.30 am on Friday.

The head teacher is said to have got curious when Ogola, who is the school watchman, failed to hand over to him despite reporting to work the previous evening.

This prompted him to start searching for the night guard only to find him in the latrine in a manner likely to suggest that he might have gone to answer a call on nature.

Chief Rabut said they were forced to close the school a day earlier, before informing the deceased's family members.

Elsewhere, a nine-month-old baby died after fire razed their house in Thim village, Bondo Sub-County.

Village elder John Omung'i Othimbo said residents who were alarmed by smoke billowing from the house, rushed inside only to find the baby had already died.

The infant's parents were not at home at the time of the incident.

Bondo OCPD Harriet Kinya said the body was removed to Bondo Sub-County Hospital Mortuary pending investigations.