Kitui County Governor Charity Ngilu has stated that her county government will offer training and employment opportunities to recognize local divers who helped retrieve bodies during the Enziu River Tragedy that occurred on December 4.
Speaking in Mwingi, during a requiem mass held for the 33 victims who lost their lives in the tragedy, Ngilu assured residents that the rescuers will be equipped with professional diving skills.
In addition, she stated that the government will offer employment opportunities to them through the training process.
''I as a member of the county government will recognize and employ them as divers as well as train them so that they can be more skillful in order for them to continue working,'' the Governor stated.
The county boss stated that the rescuers would be contacted and recognized for their humanitarian acts.
“I want to say personally as the leader of the region, we will reach out to all those involved. I have requested for all their names and they are about 30 men and we will follow up with them,” Ngilu remarked.
At the same time, she acknowledged the divers for their outstanding efforts towards rescuing the victims.
“One of them called ‘Vampire’, I don’t know why but he retrieved so many bodies, even more than what the other teams were doing and you have also seen another here who also saved lives,” she stated.
On Tuesday, December 7 , the Kitui Governor was forced to intervene after families of the victims were engaged in an altercation during the recovery of the bodies.
She stated that the national government and the county government would support the families of the victims involved, after all the bodies had been identified.
Following the incident the Principal Secretary in charge of infrastructure confirmed that the government would build a bridge on Enziu River.
The Saturday accident claimed 33 lives, among them four children, after the school bus they were travelling in plunged into the river on their way to a wedding ceremony in Nuu.
