From wedding invitations to burial plans: Four villages in mourning
Families are preparing to bury their loved ones who died in accident involving a lorry and matatu.
Christine Mecha (centre) and her husband Solomon Otimo and their niece Harriet Khaosa (right). They all died in the Eldoret-Nakuru highway crash.
It was supposed to be a journey of celebration, family reunion and shared happiness. Instead, a trip to a wedding in Nairobi last Friday ended in tragedy, leaving families mourning loved ones.
Across four villages in Kakamega County, families are struggling to come to terms with the midnight tragedy that claimed eight lives in the Kondoo area near Burnt Forest, on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway. Among the dead were breadwinners, a teaching couple, a mother and daughter and a young enterprising university graduate.
Tragedy has hit education fraternity, particularly in Matete, hard.
The increasing accidents and deaths point to an entrenched systemic crisis.
21 people have died in separate road accidents across Kenya in less than 24 hours.
Road accidents across the country claimed 12 lives on Thursday night.
Five passengers in ill-fated matatu died on the spot, while two succumbed in hospital.
Kenya accounts for the largest number of documented African recruits by Russia.
The backlog includes nearly 400,000 cards that have remained uncollected for more than 10 years.
People bend the knee when America calls because it feeds them today. Stop, and see how quickly they quit picking your calls.
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