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Is this Mombasa's valley of death?

Locals views the mangled body of the TSS Public Service Bus at Bonje Valley along the main Mombasa-Nairobi highway in kilifi County. (Photo: Maarufu Mohamed/Standard)

Seated at a corner of his family’s bustling courtyard in Jimba, Rabai - Kilifi County Wilson Yaa looks approvingly at his three grandchildren running around the compound.

The smile on the face of this 69-year-old father of six however, hides a 47-year-long traumatic experience - he was involved in an accident that claimed the lives of 14 of his classmates.

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