Five people die in road accidents

Police vehicle ferrying carcases of sheep following a midnight accident which killed an 11-year-old boy and more than 40 sheep along Kitale Lodwar highway. [Bakari Ang'ela, Standard]

An 11-year-old boy and 31 sheep were killed yesterday in a road accident near Lodwar town. 

Turkana County Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi said one cow and 16 sheep were injured while 300 livestock got lost in the melee during the 1am accident as herders were relocating their livestock from Loima to Lolupe.