Three Molo siblings drown in quarry

Residents of Mukinyai village by the water-filled quarry, where three siblings drowned on Saturday. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

When Peter Karuru and Hannah Wanjiru’s three children left home to fetch water in a nearby river on Saturday, there was no doubt they would return on time, and safely.

However, the children aged between eight and 15 never returned home. And after waiting for hours, the couple would receive sad news: the children had drowned in a deep pool of water near an abandoned quarry, just metres from their home.