Citizen TV reporter Gregory Murithi has painfully disclosed a moment of sorrow on how he learnt about the death of a family member while on duty.
Murithi on July 5, 2024, took to social media to recount the events preceding his discovery about the death of a nephew who was attending school at the time of his death.
The Citizen TV journalist based in Meru County revealed that he learnt about the death the hard way, saying that he was first called by his brother, the deceased’s father, who gave him the scoop.
According to Murithi, his brother wanted him to cover a story about a pupil who was involved in a drowning incident while in school.
Little did he know that the incident involved a family member, as his brother called him for a second time to break the heartbreaking news.
Citizen TV reporter learns of nephew’s death
Murithi in the second call was informed by his brother that the story was about his grade 7 nephew Evans, whom he affectionately knew as Tiffa or Tiffany.
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According to the reporter, his nephew met his untimely death while fetching water from a huge tank at Rwanyange Primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS).
“Yesterday My Brother while at a nearby market near the school heard there is a child who has fallen in the water tank and called me. Bro I’ve heard there is a kid who has fallen into a water tank at Rwanyange. Come and follow up about the news. I am on my way there; I’ll keep you informed. After 2 Minutes he calls me again; Bro I see Tiffa’s shoes and his glasses here. He breaths hard and hangs up the call,” narrated Murithi.
Reports indicate that the school’s tank had an outlet source which pupils used to fetch water from but had spoilt sometimes back.
Murithi reported that this prompted the learners to get inside the tank to fetch water manually after the outlet remained unrepaired.
The media practitioner said that a student would take off clothes and remain in a sports short, before getting inside the completely sealed tank via the small opening that has a radar.
“A student would fetch and give other pupils outside the tank. The water was only used for cleaning classes so, mainly it’s only pupils on cleaning duty depended on the tank,” he added.
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The Citizen TV reporter painfully revealed that other students at the scene reported that his brother’s first-born son Evans slipped and fell inside the tank while fetching water as the norm was.
According to the preliminary reports, fellow pupils immediately screamed and called the teachers.
Murithi questions school management’s response
However, Murithi blamed the school management saying that it did not react accordingly to help his nephew following the incident, which led to his death.
“The school didn’t help my brother’s son and he drowned to his painful death. They only called a fire and rescue team an hour later to retrieve the body. Repairing the outlet pipe, that could have cost so little, became more expensive than the soul of this innocent boy,” he added.
While sharing the sad news, the reporter said that the deceased was close to him and that he used to pay for his fees, bought him uniforms, books and catered for any financial needs.
He mourned him as a jovial soul who loved his studies, adding that the young soul believed that education was the only sure way to fight poverty.
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