The bus veered off the road and overturned along the Tawa-Mwala road, killing five people. The incident rekindled memories of similar tragedies where close family members have perished in road accidents during dowry payment missions. In August 2011, 23 people from Kawethei village in Kangundo died when the vehicle they were travelling in to a dowry payment mission was involved in a road accident. SIMILAR TRAGEDIESMr Maundu said a majority of the casualties were close family members who had travelled to Kiteta location in Mbooni for a traditional dowry payment and celebration ceremony. “Preliminary investigations indicated the driver lost control of the vehicle before it veered off the road and overturned.

Source: Standard Digital August 07, 2016 21:00 UTC