A family from Isabalu Village in Central Maragoli, Vihiga County is reeling from sorrow after they discovered that their died in the grisly Fort Ternan Homeboyz bush crash, which claimed 55 lives in October last year.
Susan Lodenyi, 32, was headed to her parents’ home from Nairobi, when the accident happened.
Lodenyi had visited her Nairobi-based friend, identified only as Caro, in September; and was returning to Vihiga on October 10, 2018, when the Homebozy bus she was aboard veered off the road and rolled several times at Tunnel area on the Muhoroni-Londiani Road in Kericho County, killing at least 50 on the spot.
Lodenyi had until September 2018 , spent most of her lifetime in Vihiga.
Lodenyi’s mother, Margaret Daisy, said she had, on numerous occasions, tried reaching her daughter on phone after October 10, but her attempts were unsuccessful because her cell phone line was off.
Lodenyi’s friend, Caro, would, in mid January this year, call Margaret to inquire if Lodenyi had arrived home safely.
When Margaret answered on the negation, Caro advised her to go look for her body at the Kericho County Referral Hospital mortuary because she [Caro] suspected that Lodenyi had boarded the ill-fated Homeboyz bus.
Margaret sought the help of MPs Kati Evans Chunguli (Maragoli) and Ernest Kagesi (Vihiga), who facilitated her travel to Kericho, where she positively identified her daughter’s body on January 23 after confirming with officers at the Kipkelion Police Post, where Ludenyi was registered as dead.
“Her face was badly deformed, and I had to look at birthmarks on her hands to confirm her identity,” said Margaret.
Ludenyi’s remains have since been transported to Vihiga, where she will be buried this coming weekend.
Ludenyi is survived by a son and a daughter.
Her family has appealed for assistance in educating the two orphaned children.