Lady Falls To Her Death During Day Out With Fiance

A lady who was hanging out with her beloved fiance has died after she slipped and fell while posing to take photographs close to a water body.

 

31-year-old Dorcas Jepkemoi Chumba was said to have drowned when she fell into a dam at Chepkiit Waterfalls in Nandi County, Kenya, on Sunday, August 30

 

Her fiance, Benjamin Kazungu had been taking photographs of her with her mobile phone camera when the tragedy occurred and she was immediately swept away by raging waters before he could rescue her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to Kazungu, he had taken his girlfriend out for a picnic at the famous falls to enjoy the view of the breathtaking waterfall. Fiance explained that they had yearned to hang out at the location as they both love the adrenaline that comes with the adventure. However, he had no idea it would be the last time he would ever set eyes on his beloved girlfriend.

 

Fiance narrated how he became her dedicated photographer, taking pictures of his fiancé unknowing to him that the photos would be the last memory he would have of his fiancé.

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He recounted how wonderful it was watching her pose with excitement for the pictures before she accidentally slipped into the flooded dam, disappearing into the waters as he tried unsuccessfully to save her.

 

 

“I encountered the worst scene of my life. Seeing her sinking helplessly into the water and my effort proving futile breaks my heart even more,” said Kazungu.

 

Family members of the deceased have been scouting the falls since the sad incident with the hope of recovering the body. Efforts by local divers to retrieve Jepkemoi’s body have been unproductive.

 

“We have been camping here since Sunday, local divers have been trying, but they are yet to get the body out,” said Jepkemoi’s brother Victor Kiptoo.

 

Kiptoo said his sister was jovial on the unfortunate the before her death as she was anxiously waiting to go for a picnic with her lover.

 

The deceased Fiance appealed to the county governments of Uasin Gishu and Nandi together with the national government to help the family of nine children to retrieve the body of their sister.

 

“Painful as it is, it has happened, and we accept it, what we are requesting is help to retrieve the body for burial,” said Kiptoo.

 

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