We all have childhood memories, right? Do you remember those days when a chopper could fly over the skies of your village and you could cheer it up as you claimed it’s ownership?
Well, growing up in the Village, it was never business as usual whenever a chopper made it’s way to our village. We could all flock the area in which the chopper landed just to have a glimpse of it.
Such was the case of three childrenin Nyahururu only that they never lived to tell the story of what they saw.
The three children are said to have drowned in a dam inside Nyahururu Golf Club on Sunday.
The three boys aged between nine and 12 years, among them twins, had reportedly gone to the golf club to have a glimpse at a helicopter that had ferried Deputy President Dr William Ruto to a funds drive at Ndaragwa township in the neighbouring Nyandarua County.
The chopper had landed at the golf club before Mr Ruto proceeded on road to Ndaragwa township, several kilometres from Nyahururu town.
“We suspect that the twins decided to swim at the dam after failing to see the chopper. The third boy drowned as he was trying to rescue the two,” said Ms Susan Wambui, a neighbour to the victims’ mother.
Ms Wambui said that the mother of the twins had told her that she had allowed the boys to go and see the chopper before they were joined by a friend.
Confirming the incident, Igwamiti Assistant County Commissioner Wambui Irungu said the two boys dived into the dam to swim but were overpowered by the water before their friend, who was also overpowered, decided to rescue them.
“They died after being overwhelmed by the water. When we arrived at the scene, villagers had already retrieved the twins’ bodies from the dam,” she said.