Police have retrieved bodies of two students of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) who drowned while swimming in the Titanic dam, Kiambu county.

According to a police report, at around 1600 hours on Sunday, community members from Muthuga, Juja sub-county, reported the incident.

The two have been identified as Abel Ontuga Mikaye, 22, and Dansteph Matoke, 21.

Witnesses reported that both drowned while swimming, despite futile rescue efforts.