A Member of County Assembly allied to the National Super Alliance (NASA) has been hospitalised after he was involved in a nasty road accident.
Central Karachuonyo MCA Julius Gaya's car collided with a lorry along the Homa Bay-Kendu Bay road.
Gaya and his driver were rushed to the Homa Bay County Referral Hospital after they sustained serious injuries.
Mr Gaya vied for the Karachuonyo Ward seat on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket in the August elections.
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This comes a week after former Kibwezi Member of Parliament (MP) Kalembe Ndile was involved in an accident at Devki area along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
The accident involved a Subaru Forester driven by Mr Ndile and Mercedes Benz belonging to one Nicodemus.
Ndile, who was headed to Mombasa, collided head-on with the Mercedes Benz which was heading in the opposite direction.
The former MP sustained a fracture on his right leg and left hand. He was rushed to Shalom Community hospital where he was admitted.