Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana has called for an inquest into the death of Eugene Mutuku, who allegedly died after being thrown from a moving public service vehicle along Thika Road before being run over.

In a statement to the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Kibwana raised concern over a growing pattern of passenger deaths linked to reckless conduct, disputes, and negligence within the public transport sector.

“Sen. Hamida Kibwana has requested a statement from the Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing regarding the tragic death of Eugene Mutuku, who lost his life after allegedly being thrown out from a moving public service vehicle along Thika Road,” the Senate statement read.

She sought details from the National Transport and Safety Authority on measures being taken to ensure accountability, including possible action against the SACCO involved pending investigations.

The senator also demanded information on steps to strengthen PSV passenger safety, improve monitoring, and enforce professional conduct among drivers and conductors.

Kibwana further urged policy and legislative reforms to prevent similar tragedies and enhance accountability in Kenya’s public transport system.

Eugene Mutuku was a Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) student who passed on after being ejected from a moving matatu along Thika Road.

Taking it to her X account on Saturday, June 6, 2026, Nairobi’s women’s representative confirmed the death of the student, demanding answers to the death of Mutuku, who was a final-year student at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Matuu, Yatta.

“I am utterly heartbroken by what humanity has come to as I learn of the death of Eugene Mutuku, a final-year KMTC Matuu student who had just begun his clinical attachment in Kasarani,” she wrote.

Autopsy report

A postmortem report shared on Monday, June 8, 2026, revealed that the cause of Eugene Mutuku’s death was ejection from a moving matatu along Thika Road.

Addressing the press, family spokesperson Boniface Musyoka revealed that an autopsy report disclosed that the KMTC student died from severe multiple body injuries and internal bleeding caused by falling.

“The probable cause of death is severe bleeding due to force from a blunt object, and we suspect it was the tyre that ran over him,” Boniface Musyoka stated.

The post-mortem examination on the 19-year-old student was conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital Mortuary.

KMTC breaks silence

In a statement shared on KMTC’s X account on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, KMTC said that it was deeply saddened by the death of the student, noting that he had been on clinical attachment at KMTC Yatta Campus at the time of the incident.

Mutuku, who was pursuing a certificate course in health care support assistance, had joined the college in September 2025 and was undertaking his practical training when the tragedy occurred on June 5, 2026.