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The death toll from Friday’s drowning incident along the Kwa Muswii River that cuts through the Kasikeu-Sultan Hamud road in Makueni County has risen to nine, on Saturday.
This is after residents pulled more bodies from the water.
Makueni Deputy Governor Lucy Mulili told reporters at Sultan Hamud subcounty Hospital rescuers had rescued 14 people and recovered eight bodies.
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Another body was later recovered in the same area. She said there are about 10 people reported missing.
Mulili said the Red Cross and Makueni County disaster management officials had shifted rescue operations to other rivers feeding into Kwa Muswii as part of efforts to get those missing.
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She called on communities downstream to report any bodies they see floating in the rivers.
