Just go to your phone, computer and type Londiani and the first thing you will get in your searches is accidents. That is true accidents, not the one that people do survive , the one that claims all of those involved. Let just break it down to you how many reported accidents have happened in Londiani or near Londiani alone.
The Londiani-Muhoroni highway is a winding road with sections of it yet to be marked. The road came into the limelight last year after 56 passengers aboard Homeboys bus belonging to Western Cross Company died after the bus veered off the road and rolled down the slope. The country woke up to the shocking news of an accident that claimed the lives of 56 Kenyans. The accident occurred at around 5.30 in the morning when a 62 passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a cliff at Fort Tenan along the Londiani -Muhoroni highway.The bus was heading to western Kenya from Nairobi when disaster struck. This happened on 10 October 2018.
Another accident happened on 3rd January this year where a man, his son and four grandchildren – perished at Chepseon Complex on the Kericho-Nakuru Highway, some 40km north of Kericho Town.“The accident occurred about 12.49pm. The lorry driver was transporting sodas from Nyeri to Kisii when the car, coming from the opposite direction, veered off its lane and collided with the vehicle.”Inside the wreckage were text books and other items strewn all over. There was also a school box, an indication of a horrible end to one of the victim’s dreams of an education.Mr Mugera said they obtained the details of the driver from his driving licence.The police boss said the lorry’s driver survived with injuries and that the six bodies were taken to Kericho County Hospital mortuary.
On 29th January 2019 ,Two female passengers died while 37 others suffered various body injuries after they were involved in a road accident along the Londiani-Muhoroni road. The deceased and the survivors were traveling in bus belonging Transmara Bus Company when the accident occurred near Barsiele shopping center. James Mugera, the Kericho county police commander, confirmed the 3AM Tuesday accident. The Londiani-Muhoroni highway is a winding road with sections of it yet to be marked. The accident occurred at Tunnel blackspot near Fort-ternan trading center.
The just recent accident being a plane crash in which there were five people on board where all perished.First responders say the plane had five people on board; a male pilot, two female and two male passengers. James Gikonyo Mwangi, the landowner of where the plane crashed said the incident occurred around 11:30AM. “I was the farm when I saw the plane plummeting down. It was spiralling out of control,” he said.Mwangi added that all the five occupants died on the spot.