This archive report was first published on 6 August 2020.
On August 6, 2020, Kilifi nominated Senator Priscilla Zawadi Kitswao was discharged from Machakos Level 5 hospital after a grisly accident on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
According to Makueni county commander Joseph Ole Naipeiyen, the Senator's vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle at Malili area.
Senator Zawadi was en route to Mombasa when the collision occurred around 5 p.m.
Health officials at the Machakos hospital confirmed that the senator was in a stable condition after the incident.
Statistics by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) showed that at least 1,022 people had died in road accidents since the beginning of 2020, a slight decrease from the previous year's toll of 1,058.
