Police explain road crash that killed Nyamira cousins
When Clinton Maosa Obwocha, 25, and his cousin Daisy Barongo Binyanya, 24, left Nairobi on Christmas eve, they believed they would arrive at their rural home in Nyamira County safe and sound.
But it wasn’t to be.
The duo, in the company of two others, had earlier informed their parents that they would be arriving home later in the day.
Mr Obwocha was a teacher having graduated from Kisii University in 2018 while Ms Binyanya graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture Engineering from the Technical University of Nairobi a few days before the trip.
Before they set off, Ms Binyanya called her father at 6am and informed him that she was on her way.
As the travellers hit the road, Ms Rodah Nyaboga Moraa, Mr Obwocha’s mother, started preparing a Christmas meal for her son ahead of the festive reunion.
His father Mr Benard Obwocha was equally eager and hoped his son would arrive well so they celebrate Christmas and New Year together.
“I was preparing a meal for my son. I sat outside anxiously waiting for him to arrive from Nairobi where he works. I was very happy when he informed me he was visiting home,” Ms Moraa told Nairobi News.
She said her son kept her abreast of his location and all seemed well.
That was until she received a call from her firstborn son Kevin Omote who informed her that all was not well.
Mr Omote told Nairobi News that he did not believe it when he first received news his brother had been involved in a road accident.
“I received a call from a cousin and had to confirm from Daisy’s sister who also told me the same thing,” Mr Omote the elder brother of Mr Obwocha said.
On his Facebook page, Mr Omote mourned saying, “RIP Clinton, my only blood brother.”
Along the journey, the four made several to take photos.
But how did the accident happen?
According to police, the accident occurred in the Ratili area, along the Narok- Bomet road, some 172km from Nairobi.
A police report filed at Ololunga police station indicates the accident happened at 11:20am.
“The self-involved fatal road accident involved a motor vehicle of registration number KBN 444B make a Mercedes Benz Saloon (sic),” the report read in part.
The report added that the driver lost control of the vehicle and rolled several times before landing on the opposite side of the road.
The driver identified as Duke Juma, a cousin of the deceased, and Michael Makori, a friend, were seriously injured.
Nairobi News has established that Mr Juma has since been discharged from the hospital.
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