[PHOTOS] DP Kindiki attends funeral service for Nyeri accident victims
The crash involved a matatu and a truck ferrying logs, instantly claiming the lives of 10 individuals, but the death toll later rose to 16.
by VICTOR KIPLIMO
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Deputy President Kithure Kindiki joins bereaved families in mourning the Nyeri accident victims at a requiem mass on April 7, 2026/DPCS.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki attended an interdenominational funeral service for 16 people who lost their lives in a tragic road accident near Dedan Kimathi University, Nyeri county, on March 29.
The crash involved a matatu and a truck ferrying logs, instantly claiming the lives of 10 individuals, but the death toll later rose to 16.
Kindiki sent condolences to the victims' families on March 29, expressing sympathy for the fatal crash.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families and our hope is for the quick recovery of the injured," the DP said.
He urged motorists to observe safety precautions, considering their own lives, their passengers and other road users.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki at the funeral service of 16 people who lost their lives in Nyeri accident/DPCS.A woman grieves her loved one at the requiem mass in Nyeri county on April 7 /DPCS.Family members eulogise their loved ones at the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Family members mourn their their loved one during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Clergy during the interdenominational funeral service /DPCS.Loved ones, leaders, and clergy meet to honor the accident victims in ASK Kabiru-ini Showground in Nyeri on April 7 /DPCS.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Mourners adorn the caskets of the accident victims with Kenyan and church flags during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga and Nyeri Deputy Governor Kinaniri Waroe during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.The Catholic choir makes a presentation at the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga at the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Leaders and clergy during the interdenominational funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.A casket of one of the accident victims draped in a Pentecostal Churches of East Africa Woman's Guild flag /DPCS.Families grieve their loved ones at the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.The clergy presides over the funeral service in Nyeri on April 7 /DPCS.Leaders join mourners in singing a funeral hymn during the requiem mass on April 7 /PCS.Church leaders and mourners in honour the accident victims during a funeral service at the ASK Kabiru-ini Showground, Nyeri, on April 7 /DPCS.Clergy mourn the Nyeri accident victims at the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.A family member of one of the accident victims mourns her loved one at the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.A Red Cross official at the funeral service at the ASK Kabiru-ini Showground, Nyeri, on March 7 /DPCS.The clergy prays for the accident victims and their bereaved families at the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Bereaved families mourn their loved ones at the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during the funeral service on April 7 /DPCS.
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