Fatal Incidents Reported in Kakamega Mine Collapse and Voi Highway Collisions - December 2025

The Kakamega County Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Shiveye gold mine after three people died in a collapse. Deputy Governor Ayub Savula stated the closure is temporary to allow a safety audit by the Ministry of Mining. Separately, a tragic road accident on the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway near Voi town has resulted in seven fatalities after a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) collided head-on with a truck. The crash occurred around 4am on Sunday when the PSV was attempting to overtake another vehicle. Another head-on collision on the same highway in Masenyi, near Voi, on Sunday, December 7, between a PSV and a trailer resulted in an unspecified number of deaths. This followed another fatal crash on Friday, December 5, in Bumala, Busia County, where a PSV overturned and killed four people.