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Church holds emotional mass for Enziu river tragedy victims. 33 members of St Cecilia choir were killed in the accident on Saturday.

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When she was growing up, Tima Abudhi remembers watching her neighbours cut away at the mangrove forests around her village on Pate Island, on Kenya's east coast, chopping down the coastal trees to build houses or to sell as timber.

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu says 31 bodies have been retrieved since Saturday by military divers.

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu says 31 bodies have been retrieved since Saturday by military divers.

The bus was traveling with at least 60 people on board, including carrying choir members, children and flower girls.

Nairobi [Kenya] December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from Saturdays river bus accident rose to 32 on Monday after the bus with about 50 passengers plunged into River Enziu at a village in Kitui County, eastern part of the country on Saturday.

As many as 31 people have been reported to have died after drowning in a Kenyan bus accident, including four children. The final death toll remains unknown.

When she was growing up, Tima Abudhi remembers watching her neighbours cut away at the mangrove forests around her village on Pate Island, on Kenya's east coast, chopping down the coastal trees to build houses or to sell as timber.