- A mother has been left with scars after receiving painful information that her son who was her KCSE 2025 exam has died
- He told how he received the sad news in the evening after leaving work and struggled to come to terms with the tragedy.
- Locals have asked the government to help deal with such incidents in the future, noting that they have lost other fishermen not long ago.
Residents living near Lake Naivasha county Nakuru have fallen into mourning following a tragic incident.
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Three fishermen died after their boats overturned due to strong winds that they could not control, leaving the locals in fear and pain.
A mother was heartbroken after losing her young son, who was among the fishermen who perished in the tragic incident on Friday, February 20.
“I left work at around four in the evening and found a missed call, when I called I was told that my son Brandon had fallen into the water and was no longer there, I asked what happened and was told that they were on a boat and a strong wind blew and overturned it,” said Evalyne Naliaka.
The grieving mother also revealed that her son studied for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in 2025.
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Two bodies are still missing in Lake Naivasha
Brandon was just a few days away from celebrating his 18th birthday, as his distraught mother shared while visiting the lake after the calm.
One body was removed from the lake, while two others are still being searched for by the rescue team while residents are struggling to accept the tragedy.
“We have never seen strong waves like this. They were very strong. Other boats on the beach were damaged because of the big waves. They collided until they were completely damaged and cannot be used again,” said Caren Atieno, a fishmonger in Kamere Beach.
Raphael Juma, the chairman in the Kamere Beach area, called on the county government to distribute more life jackets.
Does Nakuru county government distribute life jackets?
He claimed that if the other fishermen had life jackets, they would have been found alive when the lake calmed down, just like their colleague.
“The Nakuru county government has given more than 600 life jackets to boat owners in the lake. Every boat owner was given a life jacket. It is not true that the county government has not fulfilled its responsibility,” said Henry Cheruiyot, the sub-county fisheries officer.
The tragic incident happened just one month after four other fishermen drowned in the lake following a hippo attack.
Residents stood weeping along the shore of the lake, consoling each other as they waited for more information from the rescue team.
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Two youths drowned in Lake Naivasha
In a similar case, two families were left sad after losing their sons who had gone fishing at night.
The grieving mothers said their sons had gone out to earn a living but they sadly perished leaving them in great pain.
Both parents rushed to the scene hoping to retrieve the bodies of their sons, but they suffered a major blow as the bodies were still not found.
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