Two Kibos prisoners die while emptying sewage tank

KISUMU COUNTY: Two prisoners at Kibos Medium Prison in Kisumu County have died in a septic tank while draining sewage effluent within the institution. The prisoners who were serving seven-year and three-year terms respectively were said to have been electrocuted while inside the 15-feet deep tank on Monday noon. Deputy Officer in Charge of the prison Superintendent Francis Shisoka said a prison warder in the rank of constable had accompanied three prisoners on a routine cleaning of the tank which serves the entire institution. According to Shisoka, the content of the tank was almost exhausted when one of the prisoners got into the tank to set the pump sucker in position so as to pump the liquid at the base. The prisoner then fell inside the tank and without the others realizing that he had been electrocuted; another prisoner got in to rescue him when he also fell into the tank.