Murang'a: Pain As 2 Brothers Who Died In Accident After Visiting Mum On Mother's Day Are Buried

• The two brothers, whose tragic end came on Mother's Day on May 12, were laid to rest 13 days later
• They were on their way to their homes after visiting their mother when the boda boda they had boarded crashed into an oncoming vehicle
• To die with them was another woman, the wife of one of the young men; she had accompanied them on the surprise visit to their mother

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

The grieving locals of Nguku village in Murang'a county gathered on Saturday, May 25, to pay their last respects to a deceased duo of brothers.

The young adults died on May 12 during Mother's Day after spending the day with their matriarch.

As photos shared on social media show, the Kigumo natives held a procession on the local roads while hoisting their coffins and portraits on their way to the burial site.

A woman, the wife to one of the siblings who perished with them, was laid to rest at her parents' home days earlier.

How Murang'a brothers met tragic death

The siblings' distraught mother narrated that the trio visited her on Mother's Day, which they spent in the company of their father.

She revealed that upon their arrival, she prepared them tea, after which they shared the snacks they had carried.

They later partook in lunch before she saw them off later in the evening.

The trio boarded a motorcycle to Murang'a, where they lived.

They were to inform their parents of their arrival but did not do so, arousing their anxiety and curiosity.

It did not take long before the matriarch's daughter phoned her, asking her to rush to Murang'a town, given that she had heard some telling, though disturbing, rumours.

She obliged, and it was after arrival at a Murang'a hospital that she learned of the devastating loss.

The woman was taken to the hospital's morgue where the bodies of the three -her sons and a daughter-in-law- were lying.

She was informed that the trio perished in a crash after their boda boda was hit by a vehicle.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke