Details have emerged on how Nominated Senator Victor Prengei's wife escaped the fatal crash at Kaptembwa on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway on the night of Monday, August 16.
His wife, Catherine Prengei, had just alighted from the vehicle in which they were traveling together before the accident occurred.
According to family sources who spoke to Nation, Catherine and her husband were driving back from their Marioshoni farm in Eastern Mau, and were heading to their Mercy Njeri home, but on the way she boarded a separate vehicle.
Daniel Kobei, who spoke on behalf of the family at the Umash Funeral Home in Nakuru, said Catherine took a different vehicle and traveled ahead of her husband.
"The two were together in Nakuru town, but his wife decided to go home earlier leaving him behind. On arriving, she was called and informed that he had been involved in an accident and that he had been taken to the War Memorial Hospital," Kobei stated.
The Senator's brother. Joseph Saitoti, said that he received the news with so much shock revealing that they had spent time together the previous day.
"We shared plans for our family. He had big plans for the Ogiek community and other minority groups," Saitoti noted.
The family, however, did not reveal burial plans for the Senator.
Prengei was driving from Nakuru towards Ravine when he was involved in the accident that claimed his life. Upon reaching Kioto area, he is said to have lost control of the vehicle, veering off the road and ramming into a wall.
The Senator succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the War Memorial Hospital.
The vehicle has since been towed to the Kaptembwo Police Station.
Prengei, who was the first parliamentarian from the Ogiek community, now becomes the 6th Senator in the 12th Parliament to pass away.
He attended Mariashoni Primary school before joining Moi Secondary School-Amalo. For higher education, Prengei joined Maseno University where he pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
In 2017, Prengei graduated with an MBA in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
