Trans Nzoia: Grief As Grade 2 Pupil Dies While Fishing In Seasonal River

• A Grade Two pupil at Kuriot Primary School in Cherangany area drowned and died on Sunday, September 15
• Kibuswo Sub Location Assistant Chief Gilbert Chepsiror said the deceased was among 20 children who were fishing in a seasonal river when he fell into the water
• The local administration blamed the incident on parents who had neglected children, forcing them to loiter around

Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Trans Nzoia - Grief and sorrow engulfed the Cherangany area in Trans Nzoia county following the untimely death of a Grade Two pupils.

A pupil at Kuriot Primary School drowned while swimming in a seasonal river on Sunday, September 15.

What local administrator said about drowning incident

Confirming the news, Kibuswo Sub Location Assistant Chief Gilbert Chepsiror said the child was among 20 others who were fishing before he fell into the water and drowned.

Chepsiror said the body of the child had been retrieved and taken to a mortuary awaiting a postmortem.

The local administrator disclosed that the area had many children loitering because they had been neglected by their parents.

“I called the father to the child, and he told me he has been away from his home for the last six months and does not know where his wife and children are,” Chepsiror said, as reported by The Star.

While vowing to arrest parents who have neglected their children, the local administrator said many minors have been forced to loiter around looking for food.

“The children are forced to loiter around looking for food on their own because parents have neglected them,” he added.

When did the Maasai Mara student disappear?

Elsewhere, a family was thrown into mourning after the body of their female relative was recovered from River Narok following days of searching.

The 22-year-old was reportedly a student at Maasai Mara University.

The university student, who was reported missing on Monday, September 2, at 11am, was found floating in River Narok in what police have described as a drowning incident.

With assistance from the Kenya Red Cross, the 22-year-old's body was transported to the Narok County Referral Hospital morgue for a postmortem.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke

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