Eric Omondi steps in to help sisters who went viral crying beside graveyard
By Steve Ireri, August 25, 2025Comedian and philanthropist Eric Omondi has moved to support three young girls who were left orphaned following a tragic bus accident in Nyakach, Kisumu County.
In a post on Instagram on Monday, August 25, 2025, the comedian revealed that he and his team managed to shop for the girls, open a small shop for their sustainability, and leave a modest float of cash with their grandmother, who is now their sole guardian.
“These 3 young girls were left orphans after they lost their parents in the recent Nyakach, Kisumu Naki, bus accident. Their grandmother is now their mother and father. We managed to do shopping for them and opened a small shop for them for sustainability,” he wrote on Instagram.
The intervention comes after a heartbreaking video of the girls, Liz Achieng’ and her younger sister Valerie Adhiambo, went viral as they wailed at their mother’s grave during a mass burial for victims of the Naki bus accident.
Their grief struck the nation, as they pleaded for their mother to respond to them one last time.
Eric Omondi explained that the support was part of funds raised during the recent Kitengela case, adding that the money will continue to be shared across the country to uplift struggling families.
He also thanked Kenyans who had generously contributed, despite the funds originally being raised for the Kitengela woman who had faked her case.
“Alafu tumeachia Grandma Float kidogo pia. This is just from a small part of the Money SISI KWA SISI raised recently in the KITENGELA CASE. We will continue to share the money with Kenyans across the Country. GOD BLESS YOU🙏”
The sisters’ tragedy traces back to two separate losses.
Their father died in 2021, leaving their mother as the sole parent.
However, on Friday, August 8, 2025, their mother became one of 25 victims of the Coptic roundabout accident along the Kisumu–Kakamega highway, when a bus carrying 61 family members overturned.
The accident, which occurred as the group was returning to Nyakach after attending a burial in Nyahera, left 21 others injured and admitted at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH).
Families later gathered at the facility on Friday, August 15, to collect the remains of 22 of the victims, in what became one of the most sombre moments in Kisumu’s recent history.