{"id":492,"date":"2026-10-11T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=492"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:17:02","slug":"tragedy-in-meru-as-two-year-old-girl-drowns-in-bucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Meru as Two-Year-Old Girl Drowns in Bucket."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"916\" data-id=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236-1024x916.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236-767x686.jpg 767w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236-1023x915.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261011_181236.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A two-year-old girl has died after drowning in a bucket outside her family\u2019s home in Ituli Village, Kabachi Location, Mutuati Sub-County, Meru County. The tragic incident has left the family mourning the loss of the young child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The toddler was reportedly under the care of her grandmother when the incident occurred. According to reports, the grandmother had briefly left the house to visit a nearby shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child was at home when the incident happened, with the circumstances surrounding how she ended up in the bucket still unclear. Police have since launched investigations to establish what led to the toddler\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police officers visited the scene and documented the incident as part of the initial investigations. Their findings are expected to help establish the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the incident, the child\u2019s body was moved to Nyambene Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved ahead of further examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A postmortem examination is expected to be conducted to establish the exact cause of the girl\u2019s death. Police investigations into the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege A two-year-old girl has died after drowning in a bucket outside her&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}