An unidentified woman dumped her newborn child in a 15-feet deep septic tank moments after giving birth leaving him for dead in Mkaomoto area, Malindi sub-county. A passer-by who heard the infant crying, alerted residents who came to rescue the child by going down the septic tank using a ladder. There were two snakes that had surrounded the child when he was rescued but luckily, they did not harm him. Hundreds of curious onlookers who had turned up to witness the rescue mission cursed the woman for dumping the child. "We will have to first go and wash her with warm water before he is taken to hospital," a woman was heard talking in the local Giriama dialect.

Source: The Star September 22, 2020 06:45 UTC