Homa Bay: Body of 13-year-old boy who drowned on Friday still missing

The family of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in River Oluch in Katonde, Karachuonyo in Homa Bay County on Friday is appealing to government agencies for help in retrieving their kin's body.

Griffin Ochieng’, a grade seven pupil at Obujo Primary School drowned in the river while swimming with his friends.

According to his father, Jared Dondi, they left the boy at home on Friday morning and at about midday, his friends asked him to accompany them to River Oluch for swimming.

It was the boy’s first time to go to the river, the father said.

During the expedition, the boy drowned in the presence of his friends, who then took his clothes, went back to their home and reported to his family.

Since Friday, the deceased family have been camping at the river bank with hopes of retrieving his body and has now appealed to local divers and government agencies for help.