Dam explorers from Nairobi die in Murang’a after their boat capsized amidst adventure

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Adventures are nice but sometimes they can change into a hazard when fate takes an ugly turn against an unconscious person.

Its recorded that Low-head dams pose a serious danger to vessel operators. Surface currents below low-head dams can suck vessels toward the face of the dam. Currents above low-head dams can sweep vessels over the dam. The recirculating currents and turbulent waters below these dams can swamp vessels and drown boaters.

Sadly two Kenyans have proved the existence of this dangers after two people died in Maragua, Murang’a County on Thursday after their boat sank in Mariiki Dam.

Murang’a South police boss John Onditi said the two men had come from Nairobi for work and decided to explore the dam.

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“A boatman took them around but a few minutes into the adventure, the boat capsized,” the police boss said.

Mr Onditi said the boatman was able to swim to safety but the other two drowned. He said the bodies of the men are yet to be retrieved from the dam.

Meanwhile, another person died in a dam about three kilometres away from Mariiki Dam after he slipped and fell into the water while fishing.

The police boss urged locals and strangers to avoid involving themselves in such adventures without the presence of professionals to prevent deaths.

“No one should engage himself in swimming or fishing expedition without the assistance of professionals because doing so is risking their lives,” he said.

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