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Felix Okoth mourns the drowning of his four sons in an abandoned Kisumu quarry, a tragedy that has wiped out an entire generation of his family.

A profound silence has descended upon Kanyakwar village in Kisumu County, broken only by the wails of a family that has lost an entire generation of sons in a single, devastating afternoon.
Felix Okoth, a father whose world collapsed on Sunday, stands amidst the ruins of his life. His four sons—Wayne (15), Chrisbrown (10), Kelly (5), and Hillary Otieno—drowned together in an abandoned quarry, a death trap that has claimed the laughter of a household. This tragedy is not just a personal loss; it is a horrifying indictment of the negligence that leaves open quarries unfenced and unguarded near residential areas. For Okoth and his wife, the "childless" label is now a cruel reality forced upon them by fate and failure.
The sequence of events is heartbreakingly simple. Okoth had left for work, instructing his children to fetch water and bathe at home. Instead, lured by the cool water on a hot day, the boys ventured to the quarry. It is a story repeated too often in Kenya’s rural areas—children seeking play and finding death. When one boy got into difficulty in the deep end, his brothers instinctively jumped in to save him. In their panic and love for one another, they pulled each other down.
Okoth’s recount of the moment he received the news is visceral. "I told them to bathe at home," he repeats, a mantra of regret that cannot undo the past. The bodies were retrieved by their uncle and neighbors, laid out side by side on the quarry bank—four lives extinguished before they could truly burn. The mother, now bereft of all her children from this union, is reportedly in a state of shock, unable to comprehend a home that is suddenly, terrifyingly empty.
This tragedy must serve as a turning point. How many more children must die in open pits before the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) enforces safety regulations? The owners of the quarry, who left it open after extracting their profits, bear a moral and likely legal responsibility for this loss.
As funeral arrangements begin, the Okoth home is a place of unbearable sorrow. Four small coffins will soon leave the compound, leaving behind two parents who must learn to breathe again in a world without their sons. It is a tragedy that should never have happened, and Kanyakwar village will never be the same.
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