THE STANDARD By
Kennedy Gachuhi |
December 17th 2020 at 16:06:18 GMT +0300
Relatives and friends searching for two missing brothers Joseph Ngugi Macharia and Moses Kamau at Menengai Crater in Nakuru on October 8, 2020. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Over the years, some parts of Nakuru County have been hitting headlines for the wrong reasons.
They are regarded as naturally dangerous, dumping grounds for bodies if not actual scenes of murder.
Hell’s Gate National Park in Naivasha has over the years been among the leading tourist destinations in the county for its popular Ol-Jorowa gorges.
The scenic gorges, however, turn into death traps whenever it rains in the nearby Mt Longonot as flash floods run down the mountain, filling up the gorges within minutes.
THE STANDARD By
Kennedy Gachuhi |
December 14th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Residents of Mukinyai village by the water-filled quarry, where three siblings drowned on Saturday. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]
When Peter Karuru and Hannah Wanjiru’s three children left home to fetch water in a nearby river on Saturday, there was no doubt they would return on time, and safely.
However, the children aged between eight and 15 never returned home. And after waiting for hours, the couple would receive sad news: the children had drowned in a deep pool of water near an abandoned quarry, just metres from their home.
Karuru and Wanjiru are mourning the deaths of Grace Wairimu, 15, Victor Kaniaru, 11, and Michael Kiritu, eight. They were pupils at Mukinyai Primary School in Mukinyai. The couple’s other child, a five-year-old girl, did not go to the river with her siblings.