Nyaiguta residents in Nyamira County are mourning the death of a class two boy in Riakworo primary school, who succumbed to injuries following a slip in a quarry.
According to witnesses, Bonnie Ondieki, ,7 died at Gesima dispensary on Wednesday after the tragic accident in the quarry where he was reportedly passing by on his way from school.
Efforts to rescue the boy were futile since it took long for residents to secure a vehicle to rush him to a nearby hospital, which is apparently 5km from the scene of the accident.
“I heard screams from the quarry [and] on reaching there, the helpless boy was bleeding profusely. He was walking in the narrow end of the tea farm near the quarry before he slipped into the dangerous quarry,” said Alice Orang’i.
“It was difficult for us to save him given the inaccessibility of the region. Getting a vehicle for emergency was also a bit difficult since it took us about one hour to get a vehicle,” Mrs Orang’i added.
Area MCA Ken Atuti accused the ambulance services providers from the county of delaying and threatened to find a way of having them fired.
“It is quite unfortunate that an ambulance bought on tax payers' money can take several hours to save emergency cases like these. They must explain to us,” he said