Grief, pain, and sorrow engulfed Katombo village in Nyakach as a mass burial service was held for 22 of the 26 victims of a fatal road accident involving a school bus transporting mourners.
As the sun set over Katombo and Nyakach, sorrow lingered.
The cries of orphaned children, the silence of homes left without parents, and the emptiness in the hearts of survivors painted a picture of devastation too deep for words.
For some families, there is no longer a mother to call; for others, children have been left orphaned, their lives forever altered by the tragedy. For this community, August 8, 2025, will forever remain a day of tears, a day when hopes were shattered, families left without breadwinners, heartbroken mothers and an entire clan struggling to heal from a tragedy that devastated nearly every homestead in this close-knit community bound by blood, friendship and faith.
