By Dennis Mwikya
Three people died today while on duty at Golden Africa Limited in Athiriver, Machakos County.
The trio died through suffocation while removing sludge from a water treatment pit.
According to Athiriver South OCPD Marry Njoki,the three men had not donned Safety gears as required.
"They died by way of suffocation due to lack of oxygen. we have taken their bodies to Machakos level 5 hospital morgue", said Njoki.
Efforts to get comment from the company management proved futile after journalists were barred from accessing the premise.
The company claims on its website to be a leading manufacturer of edible oils.
The police boss said it was responsibility of the company to ensure safety of the workers, adding that postmortem would be conducted to establish the cause and circumstances of death.
