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'Maai Mahiu floods snatched my beloved son from my hands'

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Mai Mahiu floods survivor Bernard Ndungu. He lost two sons. [George Njunge, Standard]

The raging Mai Mahiu floods snatched a child from the safety of his father's hands in Ruiru village.

Bernard Ndung'u painfully recounted how in a split second the floods swept away Rowan Mwangi, 5.

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