This archive report was first published on 29 November 2019.
On November 22, 2019, a group of friends, including Ezra Njenga, a fourth-year actuarial science student at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, went swimming near the Sagana Falls in Muruguru, Nyeri.
However, Njenga was overwhelmed by the strong rapids attributed to the rising water levels and drowned.
Despite attempts by his friends to rescue him, the efforts were futile.
"The body was found on the river bank downstream near where River Sagana and River Gura merge on Thursday," said Nyeri Central Police Commander Paul Kuriah.
After a week-long search, the body was retrieved downstream in Tetu Sub-County, 10 kilometres from where Njenga drowned.
The incident prompted the Central Regional Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga to order for the area to be sealed off and the access road and bridge closed until the water levels subsided.
Thrill seekers at the Sagana Falls have since been put on notice over swimming in River Sagana or any other rivers mapped out as danger zones in the region.
