Woman who plunged into Indian Ocean was rushing to do shopping

Winnie Achieng died after her car plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Makuoa Causeway. [Weldon Kipkemoi, Standard]

On Wednesday morning, only two issues dominated Winnie Achieng’s mind: Christmas shopping and school admission for her eight-year-old son, Gift Otieno.

Six weeks ago, she relocated from Migadini Estate to Magongo's Hakika and had planned to shift her son in Grade Three at Urban Hill Academy in Migadini to High Gate Academy in Magongo.