Two brothers from Mwakuhenga village drowned and died on Friday afternoon while swimming in a dam at Mnarani Location, Kilifi North constituency.
The two; Lucky Chimera and Leonard Masoud were 10 and 8 years respectively.
According to the family spokesperson Jerald Mangale, the two had decided to go for swimming while heading home from school.
“One of the pupils came and told us that Lucky and Leonard had drowned. We found good Samaritans who said one died while first aid was being administered and that the other's body was found later,” Mangale said as quoted by Nation.
The dam had apparently developed due to the ongoing heavy rains.
“The dam is in someone's farm. It started as a small depression but expanded due to the rains. It is now a threat as it is in an open place and its sides are slippery" Mangale added.
Earlier on, the two brothers were reportedly chased away from one of the dams before they headed to the other one where they drowned.
“At the first dam they were spotted by a person who chased them away before they got into the water. A woman spotted them at the second dam but they had drowned by the time she reached them," Mangale noted.