{"id":112366,"date":"2025-03-23T11:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/2-politicians-among-four-people-killed-in-uganda-road-crash\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T11:03:15","slug":"2-politicians-among-four-people-killed-in-uganda-road-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-politicians-among-four-people-killed-in-uganda-road-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"2 politicians among four people killed in Uganda road crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 23 \u2013 A somber mood has engulfed West Pokot County following the tragic deaths of four people including two grassroot politicians who perished in a grisly road accident in Uganda on Saturday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fatal accident occurred along the \u00a0Kapchorwa-Suam road, which is known for being a stretch notorious for road carnage.<\/p>\n<p>The Former West Pokot Governor described the loss as a devastating blow to both the party and the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a dark day in Pokotland. I am lost for words to express my shock and disbelief following the passing on of our beloved brothers who lost their lives following a grisly road accident last evening in Eastern Uganda. May their souls rest in eternal peace. Mutyo Nyoman!\u201d he mourned.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders were reportedly en route to a \u00a010 day cross-border community engagement in Uganda when their vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming truck.<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding the identities of the deceased politicians remain under wraps as families are still being notified.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are currently underway to repatriate the bodies back to Kenya. Lonyangapuo appealed to the Kenyan government to expedite the process and assist the bereaved families.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies are expected to be transported to Nairobi in the coming days, after which funeral arrangements will be communicated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 23 \u2013 A somber mood has engulfed West Pokot County following the tragic deaths of four people including two grassroot politicians who perished in a grisly road accident in Uganda on Saturday evening. The fatal accident occurred along the \u00a0Kapchorwa-Suam road, which is known for being a stretch notorious for road carnage. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}