Mother To 12-Year-Old Girl Killed In Mwihoko Crash Recounts Final Moments
As the country deals with the fallout from Thursday’s plane crash, which killed six people, one family is seeking assistance following the death of their daughter.
AMREF Flying Doctors’ light aircraft crashed in a residential area of Mwihoko just 24 hours earlier, killing six people.
This includes two doctors, two nurses, and two members of the public who arrived on the scene.
Mercy Nafula, the mother of 12-year-old Yvonne Nasimiyu, told Citizen TV how her daughter died in a tragedy after returning home from a salon visit.
“Sikuwa kwa nyumba, mtoto wangu alitoka asubuhi akienda salon akiwa pamoja na watoto wengine wawili na sister yangu,” she stated.
“Wakati walianza kushuka huyu mkubwa, wakaambia huyu mtoto mkubwa aende nyumbani apike chakula.”
The clouds of grief hang low over Mwihoko as residents come to terms with the aircraft crash that struck their community on Thursday, August 7. pic.twitter.com/No8jZDSaGP
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“Katika hiyo harakati, ndio hilo tukio lilitendeka na nikapata mtoto wangu akiwa ndani. Nimelea watoto wangu nikiwa peke yangu. Nimeng’ang’ana nao as a single mother,” she continued.
“Sai nimepiga na butwa na sijui nianzie wapi, nimalizie wapi kwa kuwa kila kitu iliharibikia hapo, birth certificates za watoto wangu na pia nguo za biashara.”
She asked the public for help in giving her daughter a proper send-off and rebuilding her life so she could continue to provide for her other children.
“Nashukuru Mungu amenibakishia wengine, naomba mnisaidie niweze kumzika mtoto wangu,” she noted.
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In another case, a widow described how her husband, who was present at the time of the incident, died.
The incident occurred at 2:17 p.m., when the light aircraft carrying an AMREF Flying Doctors crew took off from Wilson Airport en route to Hargeisa, Somalia, before colliding in Mwihoko.
A multi-agency team, including the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the National Police Service, was swiftly dispatched to the location to conduct rescue and recovery efforts.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Mother To 12-Year-Old Girl Killed In Mwihoko Crash Recounts Final Moments
