Thika-based journalist’s video features in Reuters

Gitau Wanyoike of KTN Kenya taking a fair shot while reporting about the floods that have hit the region following the current heavy rains

An exclusive live coverage by a Thika-based news reporter on Tuesday showing the Kenyan police helicopter rescuing a fisherman who had been sandwiched between the raging flash waters of Athi River feature on Reuters, a recognition of his great works internationally.

Gitau Wanyoike, a reporter for KTN Television, covered the dramatic rescue mission of Vincent Musila, who had spent three nights stuck on a river islet surrounded by flood water before a helicopter saved him.

(See the Reuters Story: Stranded fisherman rescued by helicopter in Kenya floods)

Musila had gone fishing at the river when it burst its banks. He said floodwaters came in "suddenly" while he was fishing from a small patch of land in the middle of the river, outside Thika town.

"Within seconds water was everywhere and I could not cross. It's been terrible over the last three days being stranded here in the cold and rain. I was hungry and went through a lot," he said after the rescue.

Crowds watched helplessly for three days as they waited for emergency services to rescue him.