A man aged twenty four years has drowned in a swimming pool in Nairobi as he swimming with his friends.
The who has been identified as Cyrus Kioko was enjoying the afternoon on Monday in a swimming session at Park Road Primary pool when he suddenly became unresponsive.
Officials who were in charge said Cyrus knew how to swim he was not a learner but they do not understand how and why he drowned.
Cyrus Kioko was immediately rushed to Guru Nanak Hospital for medical attention where the medics pronounced his untimely death. Autopsy on his body will be conducted according to police reports.
Police said they are investigating the incident even as they await autopsy results with the motive of taking action if needed.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they want to understand how the man died.
He added police had talked to some of those who were with the deceased and the management of the pool as part of the probe.
In another incident, a 22-year-old man drowned at a local river in muranga on Sunday. Police said the incident occurred in Gitumbi village when the man, Julius Wafula, went to fetch water from Muranga River.
Wafula failed to go back to their house late in the evening prompting a search in the area when locals spotted a jerrycan he had on the riverbanks.
The body was found in the river a few meters away from where he had drowned.
Police were called and moved the body to the mortuary as investigations into the same go on.
