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A harrowing video has emerged on social media, showing a group of primary school children struggling to cross a flooded road on their way home.
The video, which has quickly gone viral, was posted by TikTok user @michaelmacharia43 and has left many viewers deeply concerned for the safety of the children.
The video shows six children clinging to a barbed wire fence as they try to navigate through the dangerously fast-flowing water.
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The floodwaters almost sweep the children away, creating a tense and alarming scene.
Despite the immediate danger, the children exhibit remarkable resilience and determination to cross the road.
The perilous situation captured in the video sparked a significant reaction online.
Further speaking to TUKO.co.ke Macharia confirmed that the children ultimately managed to cross the flooded road safely.
"Walifika salama. Hakuna aliye ulimia (They arrived safely, none of them was hurt)," said Macharia.
Redisy wrote:
"Why why allow them to risk their life surely."
Norine said:
"l can't allow my child to go to school kama Iko na maji mengi."
mamake shantel shared:
"In the name of school wacha ikae."
Daughter of the soil wondered:
"Sad.... hope walifika safely. The adjacent farm owner awaondolee barbed wire aky."
shikuqueen wrote:
"Very innocent kids they don't know the danger of water, may God always protect you."
@mthinifidel advised:
"Please parents n teachers, kindly be sure that kids are safe when going n coming out from schools."
In a separate story, residents in Togonye made joint efforts to build a bridge at River Kie in Kirinyaga after floods swept away the bridge.
The river killed three people who were attempting to cross it after a heavy downpour swept the bridge away, cutting off the link between Kutus and other nearby towns.
"We are gathered here as residents to build the bridge here today which has become a menace to the village. We have a burial on Tuesday for a woman who tried crossing the river and was swept away by floods," a resident said.
According to the residents, the road had been allocated funds, but later on, they learned the money had been directed to another county.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke
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