Woman seeks refuge in her son’s home after lorry crashed into her house
By Mathew.Ndungu, April 21, 2022For two months now, an elderly woman from Ngorongo village in Gatundu North has been sleeping inside her married son’s house after her home was completely damaged by a lorry along Kairi-Mataara road.
Nancy Mwihaki, together with her five other children have been living as refugees inside her son’s house after they were unable to rebuild following the incident that saw the FH lorry transporting cement veer off the road and crashed into her house destroying all her appliances.
According to her, living inside her son’s small house has been hell for them as they are bundled in one room where they share a bed among other items.
Worse enough, the son is recently said to have had an altercation with Mwihaki that almost went physical, pointing to a possible eviction that might see her and her children compelled to spend nights in the cold.
“We have been thrown out of the house on several occasions since we checked in, forcing us to look for alternative sleeping areas in the neighborhood. It has been hell living away from our comfortable home. My son sometimes comes home angry and grudgingly tells us to leave,” Mwihaki said.
Mwihaki, a casual farm labourer, said life turned haywire since the February incident that saw them luckily escape death after the lorry rolled downwards a slope before crashing into her iron-sheet house.
Since the incident happened, she decried that efforts to find justice from the persons involved have proven futile as investigators have been taking them in circles.
Despite having recorded statements at Kamwangi Police Station, Mwihaki said the lorry was freed by sleuths leaving her worried that justice might never be served.
“I was told that the lorry would go for inspection first before it is taken back to the station but since it was allowed to leave, I have never traced it again,” stated said.
In her quest for justice, Mwihaki recounted that she was advised by police to hire the services of a lawyer but her shallow earnings could not facilitate the process saying that money strains threw her at the mercy of well-wishers who are yet to come through for her.
Her neighbours, who spoke to journalists, said that they are forced to donate food items to them as Mwihaki cannot manage to satisfactorily feed her five children in the current state.
The family is now seeking help from well-wishers to help them rebuild their house for sanity to be restored.
Efforts to get a comment from police on the matter were unproductive.