Three diplomats including Zambia’s High Commissioner to Kenya are receiving treatment at Machakos Level 5 Hospital after they were involved in a fatal road accident at Lukenya on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway on the evening of Tuesday, February 26.
The accident involved a trailer and two vehicles which were ferrying the envoys who were traveling from Maanzoni in Machakos county on their way back to Nairobi.
The vehicle that was ferrying Zambian Ambassador to Kenya Brenda Mudenda and her colleague Kama Wasa alongside their driver Joseph Guttu was reported to have collided head on with the trailer.
Botwana Ambassador to Kenya Duke Lephoko and his driver Morris Maweu who were riding behind their Zambian colleagues also rammed into the trailer.
Police reports indicated the convoy was led by a police vehicle with full Siren on and on reaching Lukenya bridge, the trailer that was coming from the opposite direction failed to give way.
As a result a Toyota Prado that was ferrying the diplomat lost control and collided with the vehicle head on before the other one followed.
Guttu sustained a fractured right leg and bruises on the left hand, Lephoko had injuries on the left leg above the knee while Mrs Muntemba complained of chest and abdominal pain.
They were rushed to Machakos Level Five where they are currently receiving treatment.
Both the truck driver and one of those who was driving the envoy escaped unhurt.
The vehicles were extensively damaged.
Fatal entails that someone died. Unfortunately, there is no mention of who died in the article. Perhaps the word was used wrongly in the above article, and hope this can be corrected Ba LT.
It was the vehicles which were fatally damaged.
Brenda is complaining of chest pains, she should be evacuated to South Africa, that’s ours with bruises go.
These whatsapp journalist yaba…..what kind of reporting is this….the headline and the body content don’t correspond…..Fatal means loss of life……but Brenda Muntemba only had diarrhea after the ‘fatal’ accident
Thats the reason news has lost credibility these days….people just rush to report even if what they’re saying doesn’t make sense….real news goes through the editorial board….not these whatsapp dander heads masquerading as Journalist
Near fatal….?
Anonymous
Jokes and sarcasm surely have their place in life grow up
And who is Mrs Mutenda? Does the writer mean Mudenda?
Is this the sloppy standard we can expect from a lack of free press
And also a trailer does move on its own. Its a vehicle (Truck) towing a trailer meaning articulated vehicle. Lol
Aini sure. Ati fatal???
Upnd
Iam seeing “deadly”-which is just the same as fatal- has the headline been changed?
Hahaha. Foooolish reporting. These LT journalists need to go back to school. “Fatal” and “deadly” means people DIED. And yet apparently this reporter doesn’t mention anywhere that anybody died. Mediocre reporting. LT, do you really have competent editors? Shame on you.
So how is it a deadly accident when there was no loss of life?? Maybe it is because English is not my first language.
Fatal accident, but no mention of fatalities…
What kind of journalism is this?
Journalism yaba Lusaka Times yachabechabe. E101 missing
Ba LT your reporting is not up to scratch!!! Hope our ambassador and the others get well soon..
How was the trailer moving?
Is it Brenda “Mudenda” or Brenda “Muntemba”? There are 2 different names for one person in this report. LT Editor asleep on the Job as usual!!
Ba LT, PLEASE WITHDRAW THIS ARTICLE AND HAVE IT REWRITTEN BEFORE YOU CONFUSE MORE PEOPLE!! The order of presentation of events, description of how the actual accident occurred are all in shambles; how can a trailer collide with a car head-on and then in other sentence say the on-coming vehicle collided with the car carrying Diplomats??
Kiki exactly my confusion. I stopped reading at this point.
Mistakes are ours Kikikikikiki!
Hate to criticize someone’s grasp of their second language but are these guys at Lusaka Times a bunch of volunteers who rush out the door to look for a proper pay job? Seriously I’m curious, how is news blog run, who runs? Mistake surely is a one off rare thing, not this relentless malarkey that they continue to feed us on.
Perhaps write in all 4 major Zambian languages, we will try to get it.
Thank God no fatalities in contrast with the head line
They are like Fox News these LT guys. They scream sensation and they say something else. Ifyabupuba fye lyonse. Let me look for newsworthy sites I think mwe. Apa ungafelemo cabe na ma heart attack for nothing!
I wish them all a very quick and thorough recovery.
Indeed mobile reporting The vehicle that was ferrying Zambian Ambassador to Kenya Brenda Mudenda, now she is Mudenda boy!another one. Botwana Ambassador
Mrs Muntemba/Mudenda complained of chest and abdominal pain, well, maybe Arap Moi knocked her up with a half Nubian Kalenjin bastador! You bet she is Munthemba because there is no way this tribalistically stinking PF government would appoint a Tonga called Mudenda as an ambassador anywhere. Anyway, we shall soon seccede with our Tonga cousins leaving you thieves alone.
I wish you a quick recovery Ambassador you are in our prayers. I know Kenya nearly lost my life In Nyeri
Wishing you all God’s blessings and please get better sooner. Fate does not choose but here in Zambia some leaders can design fate for sake of publicity. Wondering where politics is now taking us to.
Fatal???
I was once nearly killed by presidential convoy. They drive so fast putting the public at risk ..I had to swerve into a Bush hitting a tree. They left me for dead there they didnt even bother to stop.
Get well my Brenda, you are my icon and wishing you a quick recovery and good health dear
anybody know why they were travelling this route (Mombasa to Nairobi) by road? I’ve been on this road, it’s the most dangerous road in kenya, not to mention long and very busy as there are so many trucks from the port.
there’s a new train that cuts the commute time in half, it’s more comfortable and way safer, even flying isn’t that expensive
i’ll find out from my Kenyan friends at the Zambian embassy what’s really going on since whoever posted this report did such a mediocre job
It`s HH who is behind this accident,he wants to use the Sesheke formula on our dear Brenda.
Are you trying to read the news or correct mistakes.
Palibe na fatal apa, kabili nobody died. Do you know the meaning of fatal, fatal means mwafa munthu mu accident please. No matter how serious the accident maybe, if there is no death, it is not fatal
Fatal, Mudenda, Muntemba, ridding behind their Zambian colleagues! Waooooh. Our standards are really low. We need to do something about it. And Kambwili goes on ranting about an Indian man operating a compactor, my word.
Get well soon High Commissioner Brenda, you are in our prayers.
I was on the scene , trailer never moves alone but by a hose, the truck lost control the driver thought it was kenyata envoy elo head all injured where airlifted to matakos hospital brenda is stable just tuma periodical pains WILL BE OUT OF HOSPITAL SOON BUT HER COUNTERPART KWASA KWASA IS NOT TALKING HE HAS BOYCOTTED TALKING
Get well soon for all involved in the accident.