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Revealed: Inside man-made gulley near railway that caused Maai Mahiu tragedy
What you need to know:
- The raging waters appear to have also destroyed part of the Nairobi-Nakuru railway line which was swept away.
The raging waters that killed 46 people and left dozens others injured in Maai Mahiu came from a water-filled gulley in Kiambu that flowed down to Naivasha Sub-County, not from a dam, the Water Resources Management Authority (Warma) has said.
The Nation has established that the waters originated from a gulley near a railway line that was blocked, thus forming a temporary water catchment over time. With the onset of the heavy rains, the gulley burst, leading to water collected flowing to lower-lying areas and leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.
