KEN WA MARIA SPEAKS AFTER GRISLY ROAD ACCIDENT

Popular vernacular musician Ken Wa Maria has issued an update following his road accident on New Year’s eve. 

The musician disclosed that he was heading to Kathiani town in Machakos after performing in Tala when their vehicle’s steering wheel locked and hit the mud wall. “I had a show in Tala, we performed to celebrate the new year, we left at 6am with my band and proceeded to Kathiani. While we were approaching Kathiani Center, the steering wheel locked itself, hit a mud wall causing the accident. I was the one driving” he said. 

Ken who was alongside his band members suffered hand and back injuries while five others sustained serious injuries but he is in a stable condition. “Five of them were critically injured, a lady who is a vocalist was badly injured to the point that she was admitted, two young men suffered broken legs and the other two had injuries on the head and the chest,” he added.  

The musician also said that it was not his first time being involved in a road accident, he survived an accident at Thika Road back in 2014. “I was involved in an accident in 2014 at Thika Road and injured my hand but it is life. It shows me that I’m yet to complete God’s work in this world because these are serious accidents and you see there are no deaths,” Ken said.