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Enziu River tragedy: Survivors recall the day 33 fellow wedding day travellers drowned

Photos of River Enziu bus tragedy victims at a requiem at St Joseph's Mwingi seminary in Kitui County, December 2021. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

Survivors of the River Enziu bus tragedy in which 33 people lost their lives on December 4 last year after their vehicle plunged into the flooded river are still struggling to cope with the traumatic experience, one year down the line.

The accident claimed 16 members of Mwingi Catholic Church's St Cecilia choir and two Catholic brothers who were on their way to Nuu Catholic Church to attend a wedding for one of the choir member's parents.

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