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Pain as families identify bodies of kin swept by raging waters

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A destroyed car in Kamucira village in Mai Mahiu was swept away by the raging waters of the Kijabe Dam on April 30, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Screams rent the air as residents came face to face with the magnitude of the Mai Mahiu flooding tragedy.

Families were inconsolable as they converged at Ngeya Secondary School for counselling and tracing of loved ones.

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