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Four people drown in River Miriu

Fishermen at Luanda beach in Lake Victoria retrieve the body of one of the people aboard a boat that capsized in Lake Victoria on June 25, 2016. (Photo: Collins Oduor/Standard)

Kisumu: Tragedy struck Saturday night when four people drowned in River Miriu near Sondu Miriu Hydro power plant, along Kisumu-Homa Bay border.

Kisumu County commissioner Maalim Mohammed said rescue operation had been launched and that one body was retrieved Sunday morning.

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