At Least 20 Killed as Bus Swept Away by Flood Waters in Kenya

At Least 20 Killed as Bus Swept Away by Flood Waters in Kenya
A file photo of an ambulance operator at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, on April 17, 2020. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
|Updated:

NAIROBI—At least 20 people drowned on Saturday when a bus carrying a group of religious faithful was swept away by flood waters as the driver tried to cross a river in the eastern Kenyan county of Kitui, the county governor said.

Many parts of the East African nation have been experiencing heavy rainfall in the past week. At least 17 people were rescued after the bus was swept into the River Enziu, the governor, Charity Ngilu, said.