- A Kakamega couple tragically died after touching live wires at their home at night, and efforts to save ther lives at the home were futile
- Child witnesses parents’ electrocution and calls for help, but rescue proves difficult, and it took the efforts of an uncle to locate the main switch, switch it off and bring some normalcy in the home
- Kenyans have come out to express sorrow and condolences over the heartbreaking loss of the young couple, gone too soon
- They have also called upon Kenyans to never address electricity challenges on their own and wait for Kenya Power to address the challenge for them
Kakamega, Kenya: A couple, Charles Omulama and his wife Elsa Andeso, have sadly died after touching live wires at the doorway of their house at night.
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Omulama, 48, used to work at the County Government of Kakamega and he had just stepped out of his house to use the bathroom when he paused at the door and paused at the door and spied hanging wires and decided to fold them neatly.
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His wife, who noticed that he had been electrocuted, rushed to help him, and sadly, she was thrown on the other side, which had sufurias.
I could not even walk or talk after seeing what happened,” said his wife.
“My brother and his wife electrouted,”said Omulama’s sibling.
How was the situation in Kakamega contained?
After the commotion, one of the children belonging to the couple rushed to save his parents but was unable to and took off to call his dear mum
“The child found his mother sprawled in a sufurua after she was thrown away, and he went to call his grandmother, who came with another brother, and they tried removing the wife but were unsuccessful. They wanted to throw her out of the sufuria but were shocked, and it became too hard, so they had to look for an alternative,” said a witnesss.
The brother ran and looked fo the mai switch, they switched it off, and that is how they managed to stop the electricution.
How did Kenyans react to the deaths of the Kakamega couple?
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Pamella Farmer:
“Lord have mercy:
Eunice Ogola:
“So sad, young family!”
Phoebe Khavagali:
“Aki ni uchungu sana poleni familia lakini stima ikiwa na shida please nawaomba ita watu stima waunde wenyewe aki so sad.”
Judith Adhiambo:
“Yawaa Jehovah.”
Atiglatsu Rita Makafui:
“Sorry.”
Kisii man electrouted while attempting illegal connection
In a different story, a teenage man sadly died while attempting an illegal connection to a 3-phase electricity line that had been set up at a market in Kisii.
Officials from Kenya Power, as well as the law enforcement, recovered all the items used by the deceased during the fatal attempt, and later his body was taken away.
A video shared on social media showed a large crowd that had gathered as officers rescued the man, mourning the sudden death, which sparked outrage among Kenyans.
Source: NGBREAKINGNEWS
