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Makueni accident: Witnesses share final moments before matatu plunged into gorge, killing 7

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Seven people were killed and more than 30 others injured after a 46-seater matatu carrying a dowry ceremony entourage crashed near Kalembwani in Makueni County. The victims, six men and one woman, were travelling from Mbongoni in Kibwezi with a bride-to-be when the vehicle crashed about three kilometres from their destination, turning a journey meant […]

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