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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Local News - 2nd May 2010 - BODY OF DROWNED GIRL STILL MISSING. By Emmanuel A. Ekuwom.

A Four year girl, Mary Waithera. who is assumed to have drown in Turkwel River last Wednesday is still missing despite the fact that search team has been camping at the river. Speaking at a joint Small Christian Communities prayers held at the bereaved's family today, Mary Waithera, the grand-mother of the victim said, they got the sad news from neighbours that the girl had drowned in the river whereupon they rushed to the spot of the incident and started searching for her body. However, since wednesday, there has been no success. The sad incident has been reported to the police, and the family is still awaiting assistance from them. Even though the body of the girl has not been found to prove that she is indeed dead, the grand mother believes that her granddaughter is dead and appeals to the public to give any possible assistance in their effort to trace the body. The deceased was born in Lodwar in 2005 to Michael Epat and Monica Waithera.

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