- A family in Busia county is mourning the loss of their mother, who died at the residence of Governor Paul Otuoma, who had asked them to go and get some Christmas goodies
- An eyewitness who was at the residence shared what happened from the time they left home with her neighniur who died up to the time she was taken to the hospital
- The elderly woman shared how people thronged the home, and there was hardly any room for standing and eventually, a woman was stepped on and later pronounced dead
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Busia, Kenya: One person has been confirmed dead after a stampede occurred while people were scrambling for food at the residence of Governor Paul Otuoma.
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Otuoma had planned a gift-giving session at his home and invited his beloved constituents to participate in it, but instead of people going to celebrate, they are now mourning.
This incident occurred while they were scrambling for food at the governor’s residence. According to an eyewitness who was at the residence, she was walking to the venue when her neighbourh, who had sold her land, passed her on a motorcycle enrout to the event.
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“My neighbour decided to sit at the back because she knows how people with disabilities are picked up from the back. We went to stand near the gate and saw a crowd continue to stream in. There was no way from behind where they were coming from, and when the gate opened, a deadly scramble ensued,” she said.
“I fought to let the woman pass through and hurt my hand in the process; the police came and helped me remove it. That is when I learned that my neighbour was in trouble, and when I went to see her, I saw her struggling to breathe. I called her daughter, who was seated elsewhere, and she was taken to the hospital. It was then that I learned she had passed away,” she added.
Why do Busia residents want gov’t to step in?
According to the grieving woman, she is still searching for a young child who was with her.
“We are asking the government to help us in this catastrophe; had we known such a thing would happen, we would have never set foot there.”
According to the neighbour who clearly shared the blow -by-blow account of how the woman died, the victim only had a daughter and no sons; they are not well off and may not have the ability to bury their mother.
She is now pleading with the government to help them bury their departed soul.
Pain as woman dies in stampede
In a previous story, there was pain when concertgoer Karen Lojore died at an Asake’s concert in Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium after a stampede brke out.
Event organisers Tukutane Entertainment was in the eye of the storm over delayed response as well as lack of accountability for the tragedy.
Asake shared heartfelt condolences, while Daystar University also urged students to be calm as investigations continue.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
