Four Kenyans, including two politicians, lost their lives on Saturday, March 22, 2024, in a grisly road accident that occurred in Tapach on the Ugandan side.
West Pokot County Commissioner Khaliff Abdullahi on Sunday morning confirmed that the two politicians wo died in the accident are from West Pokot.
Police reports indicate that the accident took place along Moroto-Loroo Road within the Karamonjong area in Uganda at about 8:00 pm on Saturday, involving Kenyans who were on their way back to Kapenguria, West Pokot, from Moroto.
Three passengers died together with the driver, with only one person surviving the horrific accident.
The people who died have been identified as Philemon Lotudo, Elijah Lopuke, Jackson Kariwoi, and Ben Ikong.
Reports also indicate that Kariwoi and Ikong died on the spot while Lotudo succumbed to his injuries on his way to the hospital. The other victim passed away while receiving treatment.
The victims are said to have been part of a delegation accompanying Pokot South MP David Pkosing on a cross-border tour of Kenya and Uganda.
Sook Ward MCA Martin Komongiro narrowly escaped the accident with his life and was rushed to Eldoret for specialized treatment.
One of the deceased vied for the Kapenguria MP seat in the 2022 elections while the other took a stab at the MCA position.
Lopuke, on the other hand, had won the UDA chairmanship in Alale Ward in West Pokot in the ruling party’s last grassroots elections.
Investigations into the accident have since kicked off. A postmortem has already been conducted, and the bodies, together with the survivor, have left Moroto Referral Hospital for West Pokot at 3:00 am. They are currently being reserved at Cherangani Nursing Funeral Home.
