TUM Issues Update After Accident Claims Two Students, Injures 29
The update comes a day after a bus carrying students to a funeral overturned along the Kisumu-Awasi Highway...
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A fatal bus accident involving students from the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) has resulted in the deaths of two individuals and left 15 hospitalized. The accident occurred on the Kisumu-Awasi Highway on Friday, August 7, while students were en route to a funeral.
- Two students have died.
- 15 students remain hospitalized at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.
- The bus was carrying students to Kisumu for the funeral of former TUM student leader Elvis “Beast” Otieno.
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TUM confirms two students killed in Ahero road accident, 29 injured - August 2026
Two students from the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) have been confirmed dead and 29 others injured following a tragic road accident near Ahero. The incident occurred as a bus carrying mourners to the burial of a former student leader overturned. The accident occurred on the Kisumu-Awasi Highway on Friday, August 7, while students were en route to a funeral. Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo expressed condolences and encouraged TUM students to honour the memory of the late Elvis "Beast" Otieno.
