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Death toll in Kwa Muswii River tragedy rises to 10

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The ill-fated lorry that was ferrying an unknown number of people before being swept away by raging flood waters at River Muatineni, Sultan Hamud, Makueni. [Stephen Nzioka, Standard]

The body of a woman who drowned has been recovered from River Kwa Muswii in Makueni bringing the death toll to 10.

The body of the 30-year-old woman we recovered at Ndunguni section of the river in Nguu/Masumba ward on Monday by the Kenya Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Makueni County disaster response unit.

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