NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 25 – The National Police Service (NPS) has launched a search and recovery operation for a police officer who was swept away by floods last night while rescuing pedestrians.
The officer who is attached to the Kamukunji Police Station had rescued four people, three women and a child from their business stalls.
The four had been trapped between a slab connecting their stalls and the pedestrian walkway.
“While on duty they were trying to rescue three women and a child in stall no. 3 and 4 from the partial collapse of the slab connecting their stalls and the pedestrian walkway. After successful rescue David chesire who was deployed together with them went back to assist locking the stalls when suddenly the remaining holding slab caved in and as a result the officer was swept away by the raging waters,” read the police report.
Preliminary report shows that he officer was swept away by the raging waters after the slab caved in as he went back to help in locking the stalls.
An operation is also underway to recovery the officer’s service rifle which was was also swept away by the floods.
The horrific Incident happened after the Kenya Meteorological department over the weekend warned that Moderate to heavy rainfall will continue in several parts of the city urging residents to take caution
