Naivasha Water and Sewerage Company (NAIVAWASCO) employees are urging the government to relocate hippos from Lake Naivasha.

This is following the death of their colleague after a hippo attacked him.

The deceased Francis Wachira was attacked on September 22 at his duty station at the Naivasha Sewerage treatment plant.

According to a colleague of the deceased, Antony Njogu, Wachira was attacked while on his way to the office after winding up his assignment at the treatment plant.

“This where one of us was attacked by the hippos while he was coming back to the station after doing his work. He sustained injuries and was rushed to Kijabe Hospital, but he succumbed to them,” he said.

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The employees said relocating hippos from the lake will help avert future attacks.

“We ask KWS if they can relocate the hippos and take them to where they’re supposed to be so that they can’t interfere with people working around,” Njogu said.

Further, they have asked the Kenya Wildlife Service to compensate Wachira’s family.

“Wachira has left a young family who have been left widowed and orphaned without a source of livelihood after losing a bread earner,” Njogu said.