A 15 year old boy died after drowning in Nzoia River at Muhomo village, Chevaywa location in Matete Sub County.
Confirming the incident, area Alex Goricho said the boy was swimming in the swollen river when the tragedy occurred.
He said the deceased who is a student in Kakamega hails from Shimala Vandu village in Lurambi sub county and had just visited a relative in Muhomo where he decided to swim in the river before drowning.
Combined efforts by residents with the help of local divers managed to retrieve the body which was later taken to Webuye mortuary by police officers from Matete station.
Goricho has warned families living along the river against playing, bathing or swimming in it regretting how it has continued to claim the lives of innocent locals.