Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has pledged government’s support to families affected by the Enziu River tragedy.
Speaking to a local TV station, Ngilu said the national government, the Ministry of Interior through the National Disaster Management Authority are going to support all the families involved in the accident in laying their departed kin to rest.
“We as a county are also going to support the families that lost their loved ones,” she said.
Ngilu, yesterday petitioned the national government to expedite construction of a bridge across the killer river.
Speaking when she visited the scene to coordinate rescue and recovery operations, Ngilu lamented that the river had claimed many lives over the years causing untold agony to residents.
“It is unfortunate that we lose lives in this river every rainy season. The State must break the deadly cycle by casting a proper bridge across Enziu River,” she noted.
The governor vowed to henceforth pile pressure on the national government, until an initiative is taken to avert similar accidents in future.
33 people, among them four children, lost their lives in Saturday’s accident after the bus they were travelling in plunged into Enziu River on their way to a wedding ceremony.
Only 12 survivors, among them four children, were rescued from the ill-fated bus, which got totally submerged few minutes after falling over the edge.