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Market day turns tragic after 11 killed, scores injured in accident

Bus that overturned into a river and claimed the lives of 11 elderly people travelling to Siakago in Embu County. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

A sombre mood engulfed three villages in Mbeere North, Embu County after 11 people died in a road accident yesterday morning.

The Eastern Regional coordinator Isaiah Nakoru said most of the victims were elderly men and women from Gangara, Ndutori and Kivwe villages who were heading to the sub-county headquarters to register for the Inua Jamii cash transfer programme.

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