A postmortem exercise has revealed that the 4-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by two boys aged 12 and 10 years in Ongata Rongai on November 3, 2025 died by drowning.
The exercise conducted at Ongata Rongai sub-county hospital Funeral home also established that Rachvill Anyika’s body had some water mostly in the stomach and lungs.
“The exercise conducted in our presence confirmed that the boy had no bruises on his hands and legs as we had suspected ,” said Raphael Atsiaya, who spoke on behalf of the family after the postmortem exercise
He added, “Everything is his body was okay apart from some water found in the stomach and lungs what we are still wondering is how he ended up in the pool,”
It is reported that Anyika has stepped out of their home to play on the fateful day around 1pm, and around 3pm neighbours heard the boy drowned at Ole Kasasi river throwing mother Vivian Agiza in panic.
Jackson Muli, another relative, said they were satisfied with the postmortem results, adding the ongoing investigations could reveal more on what transpired.
It had been reported that the two boys tied the deceased’s hands and legs before throwing him into the Ole Kasasi River on Monday afternoon.
There were also claims that the boy might have been molested before he drowned.
But according to Ongata Rongai Sub-county Police Commander Benjamin Kiprono, who spoke after the postmortem exercise, said there have been a lot of inconsistencies around the case.
Kiprono said the initial report made to was that of drowning where children were playing around the seasonal river using an old suitcase as a makeshift boat.
At some point, he said it was reported that the suitcase hit a stone forcing it to capsize. Thus, Anyika drowned until his body was found hours later.
“The following day, another child claimed that the deceased hands were tied before being drowned, which brought more confusion on what really transpired,” Kiprono said
He added, “but the postmortem has shown that this was a case of drowning and his hands were not tied, but the inquiry is still and the matter under investigations,”
According to the boy’s mother, her son had gone out to play with the rest of the children after lunch and stepped out to play with others but she got suspicious after he took longer to return only to learn that he was no more.
When she arrived at the scene, she was met by a heartbreaking sight. His son’s undressed body was lying on the rock, water oozing from his mouth and nose.
“I’m so saddened. He was my firstborn, and he had already enrolled in school. He was to join Pre-Primary 1 (PP1) next year January,” his father Cosmas Muasya said.
The two minors who were arrested in connection with the case were moved to safe custody after the court’s intervention.
