The owner of Londiani killer bus and Western Cross Express SACCO Director have been detained for 7 days as probe into accident where 56 people died continues.
The case that was presided in Molo Court came after the Londiani Base commander presented an affidavit asking for more time to finish investigating the accident.
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Magistrate Samuel Wahome made the ruling on the bus owner Cleophas Shimanyula and one of the directors of Western Cross Express Sacco to remain in custody for seen Days.
The two face charges of being accessories to the killings that occurred when the overloaded bus crashed on the Londiani-Muhoroni road.
It has also emerged that the bus driver aged 72 years, was completing an 800-kilometer round trip between Kakamega and Nairobi.
Details also emerged that the driver had been temporarily hired to take the trip after the intended driver declined following the vehicle’s poor brake alignment.