Kitui: Sadd as university student in southeastern Kenya dies while swimming with friends

• On Friday, April 19, South East Kenya University (SEKU) student Tiberias Mamwacha went swimming with two friends.
• The three were swimming in the Mwita Shano River on the SEKU property when Mamwacha drowned.
• The 20-year-old first-year student's body was later recovered after a search by local divers with the help of residents.

TUKO.co.ke journalist Amos Kayemba has over three years of experience covering Kenyan politics and current events.

Kitui – Sadness and despair have gripped South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) following the tragic loss of a first-year student.

Has Tiberias Mamwacha's body been recovered?

A first-year student lost his life in a water accident in the Mwita Shano River within SEKU premises.

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Tiberias Mamwacha, 20, was with two others when he went swimming with his swimming students on Friday.

In the video seen by TUKO.co.kethree students were captured happily swimming in a swollen river.

A student who was filming others swimming could be heard encouraging others to continue swimming toward the riverbank.

But what started as innocent fun turned into a nightmare after Mwamwacha drowned as his colleagues watched helplessly.

After hours of searching, local divers managed to recover Mwamwacha's body as residents looked on in disbelief.

Nairobi student drowns in school pool

Elsewhere, an Eastleigh family was left in agony and great distress after their 11-year-old son drowned in the school pool just days after starting school.

Ilyas Abdikarim Ali Mohamud, a second-grader at Biza Oshwal Elementary School, went missing on Tuesday night, February 20, when his father picked him up from school.

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Mohamud's family said efforts to find the second grade student were futile until his body was found in the school's swimming pool on Wednesday morning, February 21.

On Thursday, February 23, the Magistrates Court was told by the Director of Criminal Investigations that the school's pool manager, Geoffrey Opara, had witnessed children drowning but did not inform school management. He was ordered to be detained for seven days.

The investigating agency said Opara had neglected his official duties in violation of Article 128, which is equivalent to Article 36 of the Penal Code.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke