Mombasa: Eyewitness Narrates Frantic Efforts to Save 2 sisters Who Drowned in Nyali Swimming Pool

• Residents of an apartment building in Nyali, Mombasa, are outraged after two children sadly drowned in the swimming
• The kids who were on holiday were very happy, and then they arrived and were among other kids who made a beeline for the swimming pool to enjoy themselves
• An eyewitness who was around when two sisters drowned shared how the residents from the apartments worked hard to help the two kids

Nyali, Mombasa: The death of two sisters who were swimming in a Mombasa swimming pool has caused a lot of pain, and an eyewitness at the scene has explained how people tried to save them.

Two sisters, aged 13 and 8, were at the Assia Apartments in Nyali, Mombasa, after arriving with family members for a vacation when the sad incident happened.

The father of the kids had left briefly to buy lunch, leaving the children under their mother’s care.

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"It was at 2 pm, just saw the two sisters, no one knows where they came from, and I saw two people rushing to the pool to try and remove the two sisters," said an eyewitness.

Why were Nyali residents angry?

"I would urge the county government to inspect each and every construction going on in the county basically because this is a rampant issue. We recently lost a child in Buxton and now we have lost these two, it is so bad," said a resident of the area who came to mourn with the grieving parents.

"You have rented out your house to people for their vacations and commercial business but you have not hired people to man the place and there is no security. We are are very angry and have been thrown into mourning," said another mourner.

Another resident also decried setting up swimming pools without the right personnel to man them.

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After the incident, police and county safety officials inspected the facility to check compliance with safety regulations.

Authorities urged parents to strictly supervise children around water, warning that even shallow pools pose a danger.

How did Kenyans react to the story?

@MuffyDollars:

Kwani hao watoto wakifika hapo nyinyi kama wazazi mulikua wapi?? Mm sitajenga cottage ya pool kisha ww utegemee mm niangalie watoto wako.. Watoto wako ni jukumu lako kama mzazi.. Wameenda pool vp hujawaona ata waki change.. Hujapatia watoto instructions.. Hao wasomali kawaida mijitoto yao haiskiii

@mwoshommoja-z2k

16 hours ago

Sometimes we blame others for no reason!! I mean when the kids were about to swim you didn't notice there were safety gears missing now the tables have turned all of a sudden you realise? Anyway RIP to the kids they didn't deserve this💔💔

samsonotieno1730:

"Wewe, iliwacha watoto wapi kama mzazi."

@paulinemusa8823:

"Very sad kabisa."

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@ceasermurimi775:

"Waa so sad."

Pain as Kiambu mum, son drown in river

In another sad story, Virginia Njeri Matu from Kinyona, who was reported missing for days, was sadly found in River Thiririka.

When she was announced as missing, people started looking for her online and offline, and when clues started emerging, her family was informed.

Her family went on to get her the mortuary as Kenyans tried their best to come to terms with the sudden deaths

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke