A tragedy has followed three boys between age 9 and 12 following efforts to catch a glimpse of a helicopter that had ferried Deputy President William Ruto flying over the area.
The young men among them twins unfortunately drowned on Sunday at a dam inside Nyahururu golf club.
Ms Susan Wambui, a neighbor to the victims indicated, “We suspect that the twins decided to swim at the dam after failing to see the chopper. The third boy drowned as he was trying to rescue the two.”
Their friend who dived into the water to try and save them was also overpowered by the water.
Volunteers managed to retrieve the bodies of two boys on Sunday. The third body was retrieved early on Monday.
It took the efforts of the Nyahururu Firefighters to drain the quarry to enhance the rescue mission after it proved impossible for divers to conduct the exercise due to muddy clay soil in the quarry.
Residents took issue with the Nyahururu Sports Club for failing to respond to appeals from members of the public to cover the quarry since it posed a serious danger to the local community.
Led by Chairman of the Kasarani Community Eston Wahome locals lamented that despite effort to raise their concerns with the Sports Club management, their grievances have never been addressed.
The quarry was sunk by a contractor working on the Southern Nyahururu bypass that connects the Nyahururu-Nakuru road and the Nyahururu-Rumuruti road passing through the sports club.
Nyahururu Assistant County Commissioner Wambui Irungu and Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi who witnessed the rescue mission described the incident as unfortunate saying concerted efforts will be put into place to ensure the area is fenced off to avert similar incidents in future.