Last phone calls before crash that killed 24 on Nairobi-Mombasa Highway
Pastor's final calls to their assistants turned into heart breaking farewells as 24 people died.
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At 6.45am on Sunday, Pastor Joseph Vura called his assistant, Joseph Matia, to say he would be late for the morning prayer service at the Campaign for Salvation and Healing Ministry (Cashem) in Mombasa.
He asked Pastor Matia to continue with the service, explaining that another pastor would join them because the school in Miritini where he held services had been closed for national examinations.
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