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Emergency services have been rescuing passengers who were trapped in a bus that was swept away by floods on a busy highway in northern Kenya.
According to police, the bus, with about 50 passengers, was heading to the capital, Nairobi, from northern Wajir County.
The driver had attempted to cross a flooded section of the road when the bus became stuck in some mud surrounded by raging waters.
Police say some passengers were rescued from the bus’s roof in the nearly 10-hour rescue mission.
Mr. Ali Ndiema, the regional police chief, told Kenya’s Nation news website that the driver had “risked the lives of more than 50 people”, adding that this was a punishable offence. END