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How 14 family members died in trip to visit sick aunt

Wreckage of the Matatu involved in an accident at Kariandusi in Gilgil, along Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on September 28, 2025. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

In early August, 29-year-old Pauline Muthoni summoned her sisters and cousins in a WhatsApp group to organise a visit to their ailing aunt in Solai, Rongai sub-county in Nakuru County.

Muthoni, the youngest daughter of Mzee Elijah Maina, successfully convinced her relatives—drawn from four families—to embrace the idea of visiting their aunt.

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