An 8-year old standard one pupil drowned in Machakos County while trying to cross the flooded Kaliala river.
The girl who was accompanied by her friend was going to visit her grandfather who lives on the other side of the river when she drowned.
Her friend immediately alerted the residents who come to rescue the victim but they found the pupil already dead.
Confirming the incident, Mavoloni area chief Francis Keli urged the residents to be more careful on crossing flooded river during this rainy season.
He also advised parents to avoid assigning errands which involve crossing the flooded river to little children.
In the past month the area has receive heavy rainfall which has resulted to flooding of all the nearby rivers.
The body of the pupil was taken to Matuu nursing home mortuary.