NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 21 – Residents of Tassia, Embakasi Constituency were on Tuesday evening shocked after they a body of a newborn abandoned at a garbage site.
The baby’s body had been covered in a leso and placed inside a carton that was found at the garbage site.
A beggar who collects cartons and other items for sale was scavenging the site when he came across a carton which had the newborn inside before alerting local residents.
A witness who works as a barber at a nearby shopping centre said, that the carton might have been dropped in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
It is unknown whether the baby, whose age was approximated to be about a week old, died before being abandoned at the garbage site.
Shocked residents condemned the incident and called on the police to investigate the matter.
Police have since launched investigations.
Police in Kajiado County have launched an investigation where a three-day-old baby was found dumped
The baby girl was found abandoned under a mugumo tree near SDA Church in Ngong Town.
A guard manning a nearby premise heard baby cries and called officers from Ngong Police Station at around 6 am.
Confirming the incident, Kajiado North sub-County Police Commander Felistar Mukunjura says that the baby was rushed to Ngong Sub-County hospital where she is recuperating.
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