A pupil died after being swept away by
flood waters while another drowned while swimming
in Taita Taveta county on Thursday.
In Landi village,
Mwatate sub-county,
standard two pupil
Francis Kiseu had been walking home from
Maili Kumi Primary School when he was swept away by water.
Reports indicated he drowned while trying to cross a river.
His body was found in a ditch at Chakaleri area, two kilometers from the school, and taken to the mortuary at Moi County Referral Hospital.
In
Taveta sub-county, a class
one pupil of Lesesia Primary School drowned while swimming with his friends.
Duncan Kilonzo said his son
Stephen Wambua had been herding livestock with other children in a quarry area, when they decided to swim in a dug-out area filled with rain water.
"Wambua got overwhelmed," County Police Commander
Fredrick Ochieng said on Friday.
The body was taken to the morgue at Taveta sub-county hospital.
Ochieng advised parents to warn their children against walking through water while it rains heavily.
"Those residing along hill slopes and waterways
should move to safer grounds [to prevent deaths due to flooding] and the collapse of walls."
The weatherman
has warned that the heavy downpour is expected to
continue for the next five days.
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