Residents of Buyanziri village in Matungu, Kakamega County, look at a the body of Evans Wangolo who was electrocuted as he accidentally touched a live wire on his neighbour's fence. PHOTO | SHABAN MAKOKHA | NATION MEDIA GROUP 
A 59-year-old man has been electrocuted at Buyanziri village, Koyonzo Ward in Kakamega County.
The body of Mr Evans Wangolo was discovered by members of the public on Wednesday morning. The deceased, who was drunk at the time of the incident, stepped on a live wire on his neighbour’s fence on Tuesday night.
Mr Wangolo had spent the day at a liquor den at Koyonzo market.
His son Omar Kulubi said his father might have lost his balance before falling on the electric fence.
“We were called to shocking news about my father who had been killed by a live wire at our neighbour’s fence,” said Mr Kulubi.
BARBED WIRE
The fence is said to have been the normal barbed wire with live electrical wires connected to it.
Mr Kulubi said the owner of the compound, Ms Josephine Wandera, had complained of people stealing her chicken and rabbits, prompting her to install the electric fence.
“It was right for her to connect the fence with electricity, but she never warned her neighbours,” he said.
Irate residents attacked Ms Wandera, who was rescued by police officers, before she was taken to Matungu police station.
ANGRY MOB
The angry mob, who threatened to torch Mrs Wandera’s house, looted her property.
The body of the deceased was taken to Bungoma County Hospital Mortuary.
Koyonzo Senior Chief Mr Kennedy Murono said preliminary investigations revealed that the fence had been illegally connected to electricity.
“The owner of the land had illegally connected the electricity to the fence and did not place any warning sign to the public,” sadi Mr Murono.
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