A few months ago, Kenyans saw the most tragic events on TV when a bus carrying a wedding choir overflowed into a certain river.
Such scenes have not been repeated as the government has warned against such stunt attempts with school buses in the future till yesterday.
According to the Daily Nation, 40 students from Chesomos Secondary School in West Pokot County, as well as five teachers, almost died when their school bus sank in floodwaters in the Lyon River, survived by a whisker.
After nearly four months of drought across the region, the area has been hit by heavy rains, identified by the principal as Dickson Wamocho, who says a group of teachers and students were crossing as they were walking to school from Makutano town. River Lyon.
Students and teachers got out of the unfortunate vehicle and helped push it but the water level in the river rose, forcing them to leave the school bus there. No one was injured in yesterday’s incident.
