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Grief as three boys drown in abandoned pit

Authorities said the boys who were herding livestock around the area decided to swim. [Courtesy]

A swimming expedition in a pool of rainwater near Lodwar in Turkana County turned tragic after three boys drowned. 

The unfilled pit located in Canan, a residential area within Kanamkemer, was left behind by a contractor who was constructing proposed houses for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) about a decade ago but was later abandoned. 

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