The video shows people watching a bus carrying a church choir and others to a wedding party in the Kitwe area as it capsized and sank, as the driver tried to control the vehicle to cross the fast-flowing water.
“The number of bodies recovered so far has reached more than 23,” said Kitui Governor Charite Ngello, commenting on the incident.
Charity confirmed that 12 people were rescued, including 4 children.
It was not clear how many people were on the bus when it capsized in the Inzio River, 200 km east of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Eyewitnesses said that the driver was trying to cross the fast flowing water, but the current swept away the bus.
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