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Frantic search for dam victims yields nothing on the third day

KDF and NYS officers searching for the casualties of Patel Dam tragedy, in Solai, Nakuru county on May 12,2018

Despite scouring more than 10 kilometers of the path the deadly Solai dam waters gushed through, the multi-agency search team turned out zero rescues by sunset yesterday.

Armed with simple machines such as shovels, the combined team of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), National Youth Service (NYS), Kenya Red Cross Society and the Kenya Police turned over everything along the stretch to ensure no one was trapped.

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