Two Maasai Mara University students drown in Enkare-Narok River

A Narok County multi-agency team and the Kenya Red Cross have launched efforts to recover the bodies of two Maasai Mara University students who drowned in the Enkare-Narok River.

The river burst its banks overnight following hours of heavy rainfall that is being witnessed countrywide.

Narok County Commissioner Kipkech Loltiatia, who visited the various points of the river bank, said the two were curious about the raging waters before fate struck.

“They were two youths who were trying to cross to the other side but instead passed through an impassable section. There is a bridge but it seems they became just curious to know the extent of the river’s overflow…one of them tripped and as the partner was trying to help him, he fell and they were swept away,” Loltiatia explained.

He also warned members of the public to desist from throwing trash into the CBD drainages which he said block and trigger floods.

“Tuwache kutupa taka katika mitaro ya sewage ambayo maji inapita kwa sababu mkifanya hivyo, ndio maana mnaona maji yanaleta balaa,” he said.

He further called on everyone to be vigilant, more so families living in low ends which are prone to flooding to move to higher grounds.