A policewoman bled and died in a botched abortion mission in Kabiro, Kawangware, Nairobi.

Following the incident at a private hospital in the area, a nurse on duty and his driver were arrested on Wednesday, police said.

Abortion is common in most health facilities and is usually on request.

The police constable was first taken to a hospital in Kawangware while unconscious after being transferred from another facility.

Witnesses said she was bleeding then.

A doctor at the facility where she had been rushed to in a private car said she was dead and there was no need to move her in.

Police and the doctor said the officer who was on leave from her place of work in Embakasi may have been induced to effect labour, which called for a visit to the first facility.

She died from bleeding. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy, police said.

In Kenya, abortion is not generally permitted but is allowed in cases where the life or health of the mother is at risk, or when permitted by law. 

This is stipulated in the Kenyan Constitution and further clarified in the Penal Code, which criminalises abortion but with exceptions for cases involving the mother's health or life

Meanwhile, a pregnant woman drowned in a well as she fetched water in Ibeno, Kisii County.

Police visited the scene and established that Faith Nyangweso, 26, who was expecting,t drowned in the 30 feet deep well on Tuesday as she fetched water.

She had left for the well for water and failed to return, which prompted other relatives to go search for her.

A team from Kisii County disaster management arrived at the scene and managed to retrieve the body to the mortuary pending autopsy.

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Elsewhere, a 57-year-old woman collapsed and died in a house in Limuru, Nairobi.

The cause of death of Elizabeth Nyawira on Tuesday afternoon is yet to be established.

She was a housekeeper of a house at Oakridge estate in the Kentmere area.

Police said her body was found lying in a prone position in the living room area and had blood oozing from the mouth, suspected to be from injuries suffered when the deceased collapsed and fell face-first.