Hundreds of mourners on Sunday thronged two Muslim cemeteries in Mombasa to bury two of the four Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir’s employees who perished Saturday in a road accident along Garsen- Lamu road.
Ali Omar Naaman and Athman Mohammed Omar died alongside Carol Wayua Mueni and Elysian Musyoka after the car they were travelling in got a tyre burst and rolled several times.
One of them died on the spot while the three others succumbed while being taken to Mpeketoni subcounty hospital.
The four were travelling to join the MP, who was accompanying ODM leader Raila Odinga in his tour of Lamu county.
Ali and Athman were buried according to Islamic rites at Sarigoi and Kikowani Muslim cemeteries respectively.
Their bodies were taken first to Shibu mosque along Jomo Kenyatta Avenue for Islamic funeral prayer- Salatul- Janazah.
An emotionally overwhelmed Nassir could not address journalists present during Ali’s burial at the Sarigoi cemetery.
Mombasa MPs Badi Twalib (Jomvu), Omar Mwinyi (Changamwe), Senator Mohamed Faki, his predecessor Hassan Omar and politicians Suleiman Shahbal and Said Abdallah addressed the journalists and send their condolences to Nassir and the deceased’s families.
"We are saddened by the sudden deaths of the four employees of our colleague. We pray that our Lord will give comfort to their families,” they said.
Shahbal said he cancelled his weekend schedules to mourn with his rival in Mombasa 2022 gubernatorial race, Nassir over loss of his staff members.
“We have shelved everything we had planned to join our brother over the sudden deaths of four of his staff. His loss is ours and we pray to Allah to comfort him and their families,” Shahbal added.
ODM Mombasa branch chairman Mohammed Hamid Khamis eulogised the Ali as dedicated to serving his community in Mvita.
“Ali Naaman is an influential elder in our community. A gentle, jovial and unprejudiced person, who interacted with people of all walks of life.”
The Mvita National Government Constituency Development Fund office is expected to announce the date of the funeral and burial of Carol and Elysian.
-Edited by SKanyara
