Nakuru, 06 February, 2024 / 9:40 pm (ACI Africa).
The members of the Catholic Women Association (CWA) in Kenya, who died in a road accident while returning from the National Prayer Day on February 3 were at peace with God, Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela has said.
In a Tuesday, February 6 interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Mwongela appealed for support for affected families following the tragic road accident that reportedly involved a 14-seater public service van that was transporting CWA members from the Village of Mary, the National Marian Shrine of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) in Subukia, Nakuru Diocese.
According to Kenya’s Citizen Digital, five people, including the driver, lost their lives in the accident that occurred along Nyahururu-Nyeri road when a trailer, coming from the opposite direction, “appeared to have lost its breaks and lost control before it rammed into” the van with members from St. Peters Gaitega Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Murang’a.
The CWA members passed on “having reconciled with God” as they were coming from their National Prayer Day, Bishop Mwongela said.
The Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Kitui, who had presided over the Eucharistic celebration for the CWA Kenya National Prayer Day in his role as the Chairman of KCCB’s Commission for Pastoral and Lay Apostolate said the news of the tragic accident is shocking.