Eyewitnesses said the bridge collapsed due to the weight of the lorry and its load.
The sugar miller confirmed one of their lorries was on the bridge and was headed to Homa Bay to deliver sugarcane.
Take a quick survey and help us improve our website!Take a survey Four years ago, we restricted our drivers from using that bridge, Sukari Industries said in a statement. We have launched an investigation to establish why the driver decided to go against the company s directive.
The miller added it was working closely with the local community and leaders from the region to get a solution.
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Residents of Kobita in Ndhiwa Sub-county camp by the riverside as local divers search for the body of a 21-year-old woman who drowned in River Kuja on Sunday. [James Omoro, Standard]
A newly married woman is reported to have slid and drowned in River Kuja, Homa Bay on Sunday evening.
Locals on Monday recovered the body of a 21-year-old Winnie Aluoch, 24 hours after she disappeared while washing clothes by the riverside.
Aluoch who is barely two months into her marriage had left Geto village home, Kobita Sub-location in Ndhiwa Sub-county to go wash clothes never to return.
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James Omoro |
January 10th 2021 at 17:01:22 GMT +0300
The body of a Class Six boy who went missing seven days ago was on Sunday found dumped in River Kuja in Homa Bay.
The body of Brian Odhiambo was at Wadh Tong’ village, South Kanyikela location in Ndhwa Sub-county with deep cuts and stab wounds on the head.
The former St Mary’s Nyarongi Academy pupil was last seen on the evening of January 3 after returning home with cattle from grazing field.
Those who interacted with him on that day said he left home for Nguku trading centre to shave his hair in preparation for school reopening on January 4 never to return.