A family of a girl, 11, who was swept away by floods at the foot bridge on your entrance to Nakuru town is tormented.
The girl was swept away on Saturday after the footbridge, along Nakuru-Nairobi highway, flooded and carried away vehicles.
She was among family members traveling from a dowry ceremony.
“There was a traffic snarl up on the footbridge before entering Nakuru town. Vehicles started hooting. We realised there were flash floods. Water started entering the vehicle," her father, Joseph Motoima, said.
"I was with a neighbour, my father Isaac Omwenga, my two children and another belonging to my sister. It was difficult to open the door because of the water's pressure. When we finally did, we got out. We wanted to carry the children to safety. But the water pushed the kids through the window and into a tunnel,” Matoima added.
The body of one of the kids was retrieved later in Bondeni slums, about 4 kilometres away. However, since Saturday, the family has been involved in futile search missions for the other body.
Sadly, the family says that the county government of Nakuru, which offered quick rescue missions at the scene, has not been offering help to ensure the body is retrieved.
Motoima said the family was traveling from Elementaita after a dowry payment ceremony for his wife.
Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui’s office said they have been liaising with the family in search missions.