A sombre mood has descended on Kamirithu village in Limuru, Kiambu County, following the tragic deaths of seven family members in a road accident on the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road on Sunday.
The family, including three brothers and four children, was returning to Eburru, Naivasha, after attending the memorial service for their cousin, a cleric in Longonot who had passed away the previous week.
Tragically, their journey took a devastating turn when their vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming lorry near High Peak Schools.
The brothers-Francis Muturi, Peter Mwangi, and George Ngugi-died at the scene, while Muturi's children, Fidelis Waithira, 14, Catherine Wanjiku, 12, and Victeric Kirubi, 8, along with the son of an employee, were declared dead on arrival at Naivasha Sub-County Hospital.
