This archive report was first published on 5 September 2019.
Published on September 5, 2019, a 23-year-old man, Elisha Wanyonyi, died under mysterious circumstances inside a bus traveling from Mombasa to Homa Bay County on Tuesday night.
Wanyonyi was traveling to his rural home in Ndhiwa constituency with his wife and their two children. The bus had left Mombasa at 2 pm and stopped at Mtito Andei, where Wanyonyi alighted to use the bathroom.
Upon returning to his seat, Wanyonyi seemed distressed, shifting in his seat. His wife realized he was not well when he started complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing.
She pleaded with the conductor to stop the bus at the nearest hospital, but her request was ignored. It was not until they arrived at Kisii town that they realized Wanyonyi had died.
Confirming the incident, Homa Bay Sub County police boss Sammy Koskey said the wife revealed that her husband had been living with asthma.
The police boss said the driver of the bus drove to Homa Bay Police Station where they removed the body from the vehicle. The body was taken to the Homa Bay County Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem.
