Butali Market residents in Malava Sub-County, Kakamega County, have been left in shock after the body of a 3-year-old child was found inside a borehole at a slaughter house.
Confirming the incident, Matioli chief Daniel Chimuche Mulambula said he received the information from a Nyumba Kumi officer at the market that the girl, who was reported missing on Sunday, had been found dead inside a borehole.
“After receiving the information, I notified officers from the Malava Police Station, and together we went and retrieved the body from the borehole,” he said.
The chief is urging parents to be on the lookout for their children.
The body of the deceased child was moved by police to the Kakamega County Hospital Referral Hospital mortuary.
Tom Lutali is a seasoned scribe based in Lugari Sub-County in Kakamega County who writes human interest stories and sports for WKT.