Popular Siaya Businessman Among 4 Family Members Killed in Crash Involving School Bus

Four members of a single family lost their lives in Siaya County on Sunday evening after a car they were travelling in rammed into a stalled school bus. 

The four died on the spot along the Siaya-Nyadorera Road at Uranga, some few metres from Legion Maria Church in Siaya County.

The four—a father, his two kids, and a househelp—were travelling home when the fatal crash occurred, leaving many of the adjacent residents shocked by the unfolding.

However, his wife and her other child are reported to have survived the crash. They are reportedly admitted at the Siaya County Referral Hospital, where she was rushed following the incident. 

The two are reportedly in critical condition as doctors continue to monitor their situation following the incident. 

Their car, a saloon car, overturned after ramming into the stalled bus, with rescuers rushing to rescue the family and managing to save three children and the wife.

The deceased father was a businessman in Siaya and Port Victoria in Budalangi, operating hardware and other investments. 

Locals led by Budalangi Member of Parliament Raphael Bita Wanjala mourned the deceased, describing him as a man who contributed to the uplifting of the locals through his business networks.

''I have learnt with great shock of the demise of Robert Odembo Oluoch of Kodembo Hardware, Port Victoria. The late was involved in a road tragedy around Uranga in Siaya County, where his car was hit by a reckless lorry driver, making him lose control and ram into an oncoming school bus,'' Wanjala shared. 

''We are mourning an entrepreneur and a hard-working businessman who has contributed greatly to the growth of Port Victoria and Bunyala's economy at large even as we pray for the quick recovery of the kin he's left behind.'

Over the past month, road tragedies have been on the rise, prompting the Transport Cabinet Secretary, Davis Chirchir, to announce the reintroduction of breathalyzers on major roads across the country from this week to curb the increasing rate of road tragedies across the country.

In a statement on Sunday, April 6, the CS said that any driver caught under substance influence beyond the prescribed limit shall be fined up to Ksh100,000 or face an imprisonment of a term not exceeding two years or both.