
About 50 families were left homeless in a fire incident in Mathare slums, Nairobi. This was after an inferno gutted down a section of the slum.
Kenya Red Cross officials and police said the incident happened in the Mlango Kubwa area on Monday night.
This left tens of families homeless as the fire swept through their structures.
According to the Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei, the police would conduct a thorough investigation to unravel the cause of the fire which was yet to be known even as the victims appealed for help to reconstruct the structures. The police further revealed that there were no injuries reported in the Mathare Slums incident.
Elsewhere in the Kibiku area, Kabete, 11 pigs were killed in a fire incident at Gikuni village. According to the owner who was away by the time of the incident, he received the news of the fire on his house and hurried back to his homestead where he discovered that the livestock shed was ablaze.
Police officers arrived at the scene, and with the assistance of community members and Kiambu County firefighters, they were able to rescue five goats.
The cause of the fire is yet to be known, police said adding they are investigating the incident.
At the same time, a farmer is in pain after he found his two cows missing in Lari, Kiambu County.
He told police the incident happened in Kamuchege village and saw two Friesian cows stolen by unknown people.
The farmer had securely locked the cows in the cowshed within his compound on Sunday but when he woke up the following day, he found them missing.
He said the cows were valued at Sh350,000. Police said they are investigating the incident.
Cases of livestock theft have been on the increase in some parts of Kiambu.
This has forced farmers to devise ways of ensuring the safety of their livestock.
Police say the trend has spread to unusual places and they are working on mechanisms to address the same.