Thirty-one -year-old
Dorcas Jepkemoi Chumba drowned when she fell into a dam at Chepkiit Waterfalls
in Nandi County, Kenya, on Sunday, August 30.
The woman died
after she slipped and fell while posing for pictures during a date with her
fiance?.
Her fiance?,
Benjamin Kazungu had been using her phone to take pictures of her when the
tragedy occurred and she was immediately swept away by raging waters before he
could save her.
Kazungu said
that he had taken his girlfriend out for a picnic at the famous falls to enjoy
the breath-taking sight of the waterfall. He said that they had longed to hang
out at the place as they both loved adventure but he did not know that it would
be the last time he would ever see his girlfriend.
He recounted
how he was taking photos of his fiancém unaware that the photos would be the
last memory he would have of his fiancé.
He narrated
how wonderful it was watching her pose with excitement for the pictures before
she accidentally slipped into the flooded dam, disappearing into the waters as
he tried unsuccessfully to save her.
"I
encountered the worst scene of my life. Seeing her sinking helplessly into the
water and my effort proving futile breaks my heart even more," said
Kazungu.
The family of
the deceased have been camping at the falls since the sad incident with the
hope of retrieving the body. Efforts by local divers to retrieve Jepkemoi’s
body have been unsuccessful.
"We have been camping here since Sunday,
local divers have been trying, but they are yet to get the body out," said
Jepkemoi’s brother Victor Kiptoo.
Kiptoo said
his sister was jovial on the fateful the day before her death as she was
anxiously waiting to go for a picnic with her lover.
He appealed
to county governments of Uasin Gishu and Nandi together with the national
government to help the family of nine children to retrieve the body of their
sister.
"Painful
as it is, it has happened, and we accept it, what we are requesting is help to
retrieve the body for burial," said Kiptoo.
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