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<\/div>The three drowned on Sunday evening after they left Kirwara market for a haircut.<\/strong> [Courtesy]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n A swimming expedition turned tragic in Gatanga, Murang\u2019a County after three boys drowned in Kiama River.\n<\/p>\n The three, John Mambo, Maxwell Mwaura and Reagan Karanja, drowned on Sunday evening after they left Kirwara market for a haircut. <\/p>\n They had walked from their Mabae village for the haircut and on their way home, joined other village boys for a swim in the river, where they drowned.\n<\/p>\n Ng\u2019ang\u2019a Chege, a resident, said the boys had visited his home before the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were best friends. They passed through my house, saying they were to visit the barbershop in preparation for school opening,\u201d said Ng\u2019ang\u2019a.\n<\/p>\n Local divers, who responded to the incident, led by Waweru Mugane gave up the search at around 6.00 pm after retrieving two bodies from the water.\n<\/p>\n Chege said the divers managed to retrieve Karanja\u2019a body from the river yesterday morning. <\/p>\n Murang\u2019a Police Commander Donatha Kiplangat said there was a need for parents to ensure the safety of their children and warn them against swimming in the local fast-flowing rivers.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tragedy. We urge parents to warn their children against swimming in the rivers,\u201d said Ms Kiplangat.\n<\/p>\n Gatanga MP Nduati Ngugi eulogised the trio, saying the scene of the accident will be fenced to enhance security.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a blow to the families but as the residents of Gatanga will ensure the place they drowned will be fenced to ensure safety,\u201d said the MP.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The three drowned on Sunday evening after they left Kirwara market for a haircut. [Courtesy] A swimming expedition turned tragic in Gatanga, Murang\u2019a County after three boys drowned in Kiama River. The three, John Mambo, Maxwell Mwaura and Reagan Karanja, drowned on Sunday evening after they left Kirwara market for a haircut. They had walked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}