A pedestrian was killed by a falling stone from a construction site in Nairobi.

Kevin Gikundi, 30, was walking past a residential house under construction when a stone fell from the twelfth floor and hit him on the head. He died instantly.

The police were called to the scene and the construction site was closed pending further investigation.

This is not the first time that a pedestrian has been killed by a falling object from a construction site in Nairobi. In recent years, there have been a number of similar incidents, and authorities have called for action to be taken to improve safety at construction sites.

In a separate incident, a man was burnt to death in a fire at his home in Nairobi’s Korogocho slums. Julius Kimani Ndungu, 40, had been unwell and was sleeping in the house when the fire broke out. His wife, who had left for a local shopping centre, returned home to find the house on fire and her husband dead.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but police are investigating.

In another incident, the body of a man was found on the roadside in Kasarani, Nairobi. The man, who has not been identified, was found half naked and with injuries to his head. It is suspected that he was murdered.

The police are investigating the three deaths.