Singer Akothee stares death in the face – loses control of vehicle in Kinoo

Kenyan musician Akothee was grateful to have survived after her vehicle lost control and sat on top of a bridge in Kinoo, Nairobi County.

According to Akothee, she drove her Land Cruiser V8 from her home in Rongo to around Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County and got tired, before the driver took over as they approached Nairobi.

As they advanced towards Kinoo, the studs on one tyre of the vehicle came out, leaving them without any control over the vehicle.

They ended up on top of a bridge after the wheel had come off, explained Akothee.


They got back on the road though, after an old man and a police officer assisted them in fixing the wheel.

Akothee envisioned what it would have been like if she had died, saying that her family would have been second to touch her body since the good Samaritans (The police officer and the old man) touched her heart.


“I was not in Luo land, I was far away from home, if my life ended here., my family would be the second or third to touch my body, this Samaritans touched my heart I have landed new friends, “ said the singer.