John 'Mapozi' Ndirangu mother standing at the shore of Lake Nakuru. [Photo: Suleiman Mbatiah]
Two weeks after a chopper crashed into Lake Nakuru, three families are still clutching onto hope that bodies of their children will one day be found.
Since the chopper crashed on Saturday, October 21, morning, the bodies of John 'Mapozi' Ndirangu, Sam 'G' Gitau and Veronicah 'Minji Minji' Muthoni are yet to be recovered.
Despite different teams of divers having responded to distress calls and combed the lake, nothing is forthcoming.
On Friday, November 3, disheartening news of divers 'giving up' and left the scene spread fast.
More hurting is reports that the divers left because of lack of support in the process.
"Now 18 divers involved with the ongoing search for the bodies and fuselage of the helicopter accidentat Lake Nakuru have pulled out because of lack of adequate resources," former Molo MP Jacob Macharia posted on his Facebook page.
One can only imagine how painful it was for Mapozi's mother to watch the divers pack and leave.
The elderly woman has been camping at the lake with hopes that one day, her son's body will come ashore.The photo, while gazing at the lake, went viral on social media.
The question many family members are asking, albeit quietly, is why haven't the government given the mission the attention it deserves.
Had it been an MP or a minister, would recovery mission be the same?