Six rescued, four missing after boat capsizes off Lamu Coast

Six crew members were rescued while four others remain missing following a capsized boat near Lamu Coast. The MV Shukrani incident took place around 10 pm on September 23, 2026, in Mwambasani Bay near Kizingitini, Lamu East. Local fishermen responded and managed to rescue six of the ten people on board, who were taken to Kiwayu Dispensary and later to Kiwayu Police Post for questioning.

The survivors stated that the boat was heading to Somalia with foodstuffs. Four crew members are still unaccounted for as search efforts continue. Police and maritime authorities are coordinating further search and rescue operations, and investigations are underway to determine the cause of the capsizing. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a two-year-old girl drowned after falling into an open well while playing with her five-year-old sister in Kuria West, Migori County.

The tragedy occurred on September 24, 2026, at 5 pm, when the child was under the care of her five-year-old sister while their mother was at a mining site. The children went to a neighbor's compound where they were playing when the two-year-old fell into the well. Her sister alerted neighbors, who rescued the child and rushed her to Kehancha Sub-County Hospital, but she was pronounced dead after treatment.

Police and detectives from the DCI Kuria West are investigating the incident, and the body is being preserved for a postmortem examination to ascertain the cause of death.