Rescue workers have recovered the body of a Maasai Mara University student who drowned in the Enkare-Narok River with a female colleague last week.

Eric Mutuku and Esther Kiamaiga were second and first-year human resources and education students.

PHOTO | COURTESY Maasai Mara University

The heavy rains and flooding have hindered recovery efforts to recover the body of the second victim. A university spokesman promised the audience future updates, promising a thorough report by Monday.

According to eyewitnesses, one of them, a first-year female student, slipped and fell into the raging waters and clung to her colleague, a second-year student in the same institution, and he also fell into the river.

PHOTO | COURTESY Enkare Narok river

“People who watched the incident happen said the girl lost balance, clung on the boy and they both plunged the river.”

Eric Mutuku's body has been taken to the Narok Referral Hospital,  Awaiting a postmortem and burial arrangements.