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Local authorities say 12 people, including four children, were rescued from a bus that fell into the Enziu River.
At least 23 people have drowned when a bus bound for a Kenyan wedding swept across a bridge in a flooded river.
“We have this terrible accident that happened here this morning,” Kitui governor Charity Ngilu told reporters on Saturday.
“The bodies that have been taken so far are over 23. We have a lot of bodies on the bus,” he said, adding efforts to retrieve the bodies from Sunday morning.
Ngilu on Twitter wrote that together with the Kenya Red Cross and law enforcement agencies “they are doing everything they can to search and rescue and recover”.
This afternoon a tragedy struck in Kitui district. A bus carrying Catholic believers was swept away as they tried to cross the Enziu River in Nguni, Mwingi. The rescue work is in full swing. So far there are 17 survivors and sadly 21 bodies have been found. pic.twitter.com/1VqF5U6g3z
– Charity Ngilu (@mamangilu) December 4, 2021
He said 12 people had been rescued, including four children. It is not known how many people boarded the bus.
Choirs of the Mwingi Catholic Church were on their way to marry a man after the accident in Kitui state.
Witnesses said the driver was trying to cross a fast-moving waterway across the bridge but the force was very strong, sweeping the bus under the waves.
Vice President William Ruto is one of the apologists, and he also urged motorists to be extra vigilant on the roads where many parts of Kenya are experiencing heavy rainfall.
Officials said the matter was being investigated.
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