The body of an 18-year-old man who drowned 17 days ago in the River Sagana in Kirinyaga County has been recovered.
The search was called off after divers found the body in Kianjege village in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County.
Mark Anthony Karuri and his family, led by his mother Virginia Muthoni, have been camping along the Sagana River for the past 17 days trying to retrieve the body of Antony Karuri.
Muthoni said her son was crossing the river from his grandmother’s visit to join them for the new year celebrations when the incident happened.
A team of divers led by Samuel Kanyuira from Sagana discovered the body at least 500 metres from where he is said to have drowned.
The body has been taken to a nearby mortuary, with the family determined to give their son a decent burial.
