Two villages in Kirinyaga County, Kenya are in mourning after two youths are feared to have drowned in River Sagana on Saturday evening. A 16-year-old Form Three student and a 21-year-old youth are presumed swept away by strong currents while swimming.

• Search efforts by families, villagers, local divers, and Sagana Police Station officers have been ongoing since Saturday night to recover the bodies.
• The 16-year-old student's mother found Ksh 400, meant for a school uniform, intact in his clothes left by the river.
• Local residents report that strong currents and difficult underwater conditions have hampered search operations.