A Chinese worker died in a Talanta Stadium latrine incident, and the case has left police in the capital scrambling for answers on what exactly went wrong at the Talanta Stadium construction site. Officers received the call early Monday morning from security staff at the Jamhuri grounds where the big facility is still being built.
A chef working for the Chinese management team walked into the community latrine and found an adult Chinese man lying unresponsive on the floor. The sight stopped everyone in their tracks. Guards and other Chinese nationals rushed over right away, checked for signs of life and then loaded the man into a vehicle to race him to Nairobi Hospital.
Doctors at the emergency department worked fast, but the news was not good. He was pronounced dead on arrival. Police followed up at the hospital, examined the body and noted a small injury on the right side of his head. Nothing else stood out at first glance, so the cause of death remains unclear for now.
The body was taken to Lee Funeral Home, where it waits for a full postmortem examination. Nairobi police boss Issa Mohamud said the team is keeping every option open.
They will treat it as both a possible murder case and a sudden death until the facts line up. Construction at Talanta Stadium has been moving steadily with many foreign workers on site, so the incident hit close to the daily routine there.
This was not the only death that kept Kenyan police busy on the same day. In Mandera Central subcounty officers got another tough call around two in the afternoon. Someone reported a body lying in the Guya Madhoo area. When the team arrived, they found an unidentified adult man with visible head injuries and a fractured right collarbone.
The injuries looked like they came from some kind of assault. No one at the scene knew who he was or how he ended up there. The body was moved to Elwak Sub County Referral Hospital mortuary for safekeeping.
Police have asked members of the public to come forward if they have a missing relative or any information that might help put a name to the face. Investigations continue and the postmortem will hopefully bring more clarity.
