Divers fail to find drowned boy’s body
Residents mill around an abandoned quarry at Ngeria in Eldoret on February 10, 2016 where a school leaver drowned on Saturday. Kenya Navy divers have failed to find the body for the second day. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno pledged more investment in disaster preparedness, saying divers will be recruited and trained to tackle such calamities.
- Speaking on Wednesday at the quarry as the divers continued their search, Mr Chemno said the calamity had exposed the county’s disaster preparedness.
Kenya Navy divers failed for the second day on Thursday to find the body of a school-leaver who drowned in an abandoned quarry in Eldoret while swimming.
On Tuesday, police fired teargas into a protesting crowd demonstrating against the county government’s failure to respond quickly to appeals to search for the body.
During the skirmishes at Ngeria, demonstrators blocked the Eldoret-Nakuru highway for five hours as they engaged police in running battles.
Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno pledged more investment in disaster preparedness, saying divers will be recruited and trained to tackle such calamities.
Speaking on Wednesday at the quarry as the divers continued their search, Mr Chemno said the calamity had exposed the county’s disaster preparedness.
He said divers would be recruited and trained to tackle such calamities.
The three Kenya Navy divers were flown in from Mombasa County.
