Rains mar retrieval of girl's body

A resident crosses the flooded Awach bridge in Rangwe Sub-county, on Monday. [James Omoro, Standard]

Heavy rainfall has impeded efforts of a family to retrieve the body of their 10-year-old daughter who drowned in a river. Quinter Otieno drowned in River Awach in Rangwe on Friday. The minor was playing with her peers before she slipped into the river.

Her body went missing, forcing the family to mount a search. But the family from Nyarut village, Central Kochia, is now worried that heavy rains pounding the area will thwart their efforts to recover the body. The river became inaccessible on Thursday after it broke its banks.