BY ADMIN
Mwingi
central MP is now calling upon the national government through the disaster
management unit to help Families of five people who are believed to have
drowned at Enziu River in Nuu, Mwingi East Sub County, Kitui County, to assist
them trace their loved ones whom they belief are still stuck in the river for
two weeks now.
His
counterpart from Mwingi West constituency Charles Nguna also appealed with the
government to move swiftly in areas where Kenyans have been adversely affected
by floods and assist them.
Four
people; a driver and three commuters are said to have went missing after the
car they were in was swept away by swollen Enziu River and since then efforts
to recover their bodies have been undermined by lack of experts to do so.
Another body of a boy who is a student at Machakos boys High school is also
stuck at a ditch downstream.
Upon
reaching Enziu River, the driver is said to have send a text message to his
family members claiming that their Probox got stuck in flooding Enziu River and
that they were in grave danger. According to family members, since then then
they have never heard from him or the other three commuters who were on board.
Now Mr
Mulyungi is claiming that the police have shown a lot of laxity in handling
with the matter as families of the five people is still grieving in desperation
as the police have shown no willingness to help.
“Losing
five people in my constituency is a very serious issue, I’m not haapy with the
way the police are handling the matter,” Said Dr Mulyungi.
The
legislator said that he has already conducted the Inspector General of police
Joseph Boinet who refereed him to Kitui AP commandant Cheruto Githinji.
David
Matavo, a uncle to the driver of the vehicle said that they have all reasons to
belief that their loved ones are still buried in the river, this is after the
divers who have been rescuing people at the river said that they have
identified something believed to be a vehicle inside the river.
“The
last thing my nephew did is that he send a text messaging that his vehicle has
got stuck at Enziu River and that they were in grave danger. After that text
message nobody has ever heard from him or the other three passangers who were on
board,” said Mr Matavo.
Matavo
said that for two weeks they have searched all over for their loved ones in
vain, hence the government should intervene and assist them recover bodies of
their family members from the river.
“We are
pleading with the government to help us trace the bodies of our family members.
Losing four people mysteriously isn’t a small thing, we are really
traumatized,” added Matavo.
Peter
Kilonzi said that his aunt is among those who are believed to have drowned in
the river and she was heading home for burial ceremony when she mysteriously
went missing along the way.
“We have
been waiting for our aunt to surface at home where she was supposed to attend
burial two weeks ago in vain. The last time we heard from her at around 9:00PM
she said that they were at Thika on their way home,” narrated Kilonzi.
John
Musyoki confirmed that they have identified an object they believe to be the
probox which went missing, but it’s in a very deep ditch in the river which
only experts can handle.
“We have
tried to search for the vehicle inside the water but it has been as hard for us
as the ditch is too deep. We have only been able to identify something metallic
which we belief might be the probox in the water using a long metallic wire,”
explained the diver.
Musyoki
has called upon the government to send more experienced divers with modern
equipment which can enable retrieving of the vehicle from the river and help
recover bodies of the four.
According
to Mwingi East police OCPD Paul Munene, the police are aware of the five bodies
which are still stuck at River Enziu and they have already communicated to the
police headquarters in Nairobi to send experts who will help in retrieving the
bodies.
“We have
already sent a signal to Nairobi and experts will be here anytime to help us in
retrieving the bodies of the five people,” Said Mr Munene.
The
ongoing heavy rains in Kitui have caused massive destruction ranging from death
and destruction of property. Most roads are impassable and now residents are
calling upon the county government to do immediate intervention and help in
maintaining the roads.
Since
the beginning of this rainy season, more than 20 people from Mwingi have so far
lost their lives through drowning in various rivers, as the county continues
receiving unprecedented heavy rains.
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