Two MPs who went missing in Tana River Found & Rescued

Garsen MP Ali Wario, his Galole counterpart Said Hiribae and two ward representatives who went missing in Tana River on Saturday evening have been located and successfully rescued early Sunday morning by a team from the Kenya Red Cross society which had mounted the search operations.

The four legislators and seven others are said to have been on a food distribution mission in the county before their boat disappeared.

According to area County Commissioner, the legislators were found in an area identified as Feji before they were evacuated to safety.

Wario had appealed for help after getting lost, in a video shared on social media.

“We are lost we are in the middle of nowhere. Today we were on a rescue mission in Mnazini area and as we were going back we got lost in the river. So we are in the middle of the waters, we don’t know the directions. We do not know where we are now,” Wario said in the video.

At least 18 passengers were aboard the boat when it lost direction.

Tana River has witnessed flooding in the last few days following heavy rains that are pounding most parts of the country.