Child dies on his first day in day care

By Obegi Malack

Police are investigating an incident where a child was found dead in a Day Care centre.

Tawi Dumisami who was two and a half months old died in Tassia Estate in Nairobi County on Monday, 1st September.

The mother Linda Odote had gotten a new job in Athi River in Machakos County and left the boy to a caregiver at the Day Care centre.

She had resorted to the centre after her house help refused to pick up her calls.

Ms. Odote said that the caregiver did not call the her during the day thus she felt compelled to call in the evening to find out how he was doing only to be told that he had died.

“I did not receive any call from the head of the centre and I assumed that my son had immediately gotten used to the new environment,” she said.

The caregiver said that the child had taken milk during lunch hour and slept but never woke up. That prompted her to quickly rush him to a health centre at 4pm.

“When I walked in and saw my only baby, I was saddened and broken into pieces. I touched him, he had already died,” she said.

Embakasi OCPD Masai Makau said that they were investigating and that they had good leads to ascertain the cause of the child’s death.