NTSA deploys team to probe tragic Kisumu-Kakamega Highway crash
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has launched investigations into a devastating road crash along the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway that claimed the lives of 21 people and left 21 others injured.
In a statement issued on their X account on Friday, August 8, 2025, NTSA Director General George Njao confirmed that the authority had deployed a team of road safety auditors to the scene to examine the circumstances surrounding the crash, which involved a Naki High School bus ferrying family members returning from a burial.
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“To aid investigations into the cause of the crash, the Authority has dispatched a team of road safety auditors to the scene. We will provide more information as the investigations commence,” the statement read.
The Authority further expressed its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident and extended wishes for a quick recovery to those who sustained injuries.
“The Authority takes this moment to condole with the families of those who lost their lives through the tragic crash along the Kisumu – Kakamega Highway involving a Naki High School Bus,” the statement added.
NTSA has assured the public that more information would be provided as the investigations continue.
Casualty report
According to a statement posted on Facebook on August 8, 2025, by the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), which received all the victims, the bus was carrying 61 people — mostly relatives who had attended a funeral in Nyahera, Kisumu West sub-county, and were en route to Nyakach.
“Staff at JOOTRH moved swiftly this evening to receive and save the lives of survivors from a tragic road accident that occurred at the Coptic roundabout area along the Kisumu-Kakamega road,” the hospital said.
JOOTRH confirmed that 19 bodies were brought in directly from the crash scene, while two others, including a male child and two adult men, died while receiving treatment, bringing the death toll to 21.
“Twenty-one of the occupants are currently stable and receiving treatment at the hospital’s Emergency and Accident Unit,” the hospital added.
