Grief and agony as seven popular Kalenjin artistes perish in grisly road accident

 Keneni International at a past event

The local music industry is in mourning over the sudden death of seven Kalenjin artistes The seven perished after they were involved in an accident along the Nakuru- Eldoret highway The artistes were heading to a Kalenjin night event in Timboroa, Nakuru County

Kenyans have today reacted in sorrow and anguish over the death of seven popular Kalenjin artistes who were involved in an accident along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway on December 9, 2017.

According to sources, the seven artistes; Keneni International (Josphat Weldon Cheruiyot), Mabengo, Sun star, Dj Nico En Embassy and three dancers perished in the accident after a Toyota Probox car that they were travelling in collided head on with a truck.

 Poster of the event they were headed to perform

Rift Valley Traffic Enforcement Officer Zero Arome said that the Pro-box vehicle was heading towards Nakuru and was trying to overtake another vehicle when it collided with the lorry.

The seven Kalenjin artists were reportedly heading for a mega Kalenjin night event that was scheduled to take place in Timboroa, Nakuru County.

Keneni was a renowned singer in the Kalenjin land for pelting out hits such as “Samantha” which opened doors for him to tour and perform in mega events including his crowning moment at Churchill show in Eldoret.

The bodies were moved to Molo District hospital mortuary.