Kasarani: Wails As Matatu With Passengers Is Swept By Floods As Many Try To Escape
- Heavy rains in Nairobi have become a serious concern as netizens have woken up to various areas in Nairobi getting flooded
- A video went viral on TikTok of a matatu and a lorry getting swept by floods as passengers wailed helplessly
- The video left netizens in the comment section sympathising with the passengers and wondering whether they got out alive
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A video of passengers wailing as their matatu gets swept by floods has gone viral.
On Tuesday, April 23, heavy rains pounded the country, wreaking havoc in towns and villages.
Nairobi residents have continued to suffer losses following the recent heavy rains that have caused floods in various parts of the city.
A video of passengers in a matatu wailing as their vehicle nearly crashed with a lorry while battling the Nairobi floods went viral.
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Another matatu crashed with the lorry, and the floods overturned them. The passengers in the matatu tried scampering for safety in the viral video.
Netizens react to Kasarani matatu overturning
Here is what they had to say:
Vet Bee:
"The first guy to jump out of that matatu looks like he was swept away."
Adrian's mum
"Lord you promised never to punish mankind with floods again father Lord forgive us... enough of the rains."
Love:
"That first guy angetulia tu ajishikilie mat. I hope he is okay....camera man please... is the guy okay?
Rav:
"Rip one guy in red just died swept away."
NancyPeculiar:
"Did the first guy survive any update please."
bein mchelsea:
"My question.huyu camera man amesimama wapi?"
prettybutterfly:
"I'm just here thinking about "what if there were heavily pregnant women there me being one of them" aki tungie fanya nini?"
FILMBOX Documentary:
"So your driver knocked that truck."
Shimshai:
"People should learn how to swim including me."
Jerry..*¢¥£:
"If jumping from the frying pan to fire was a person."
Joe Wanjohi
"Am sorry for laughing but the first man to jump out from the mat moved from the pan to the fire."
How Githurai tenants were affected by heavy floods
In other news, a video of some Githurai residents sleeping on their roofs went viral on social media, with netizens pitying them.
The video showed a man draped in a Maasai shuka on one of the mabati houses in the wee hours of the mourning.
Netizens sympathised with them in the clip's comment section.
Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
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Matatu overturns in Kasarani due to the heavy floods (left and right).
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