In the heart of Kisumu, where life often dances between resilience and tragedy, a miracle unfolded amid sorrow.
A devastating road accident claimed 26 lives, leaving behind shattered dreams and grieving families. Yet, from the wreckage emerged a story that defied despair, a story of a mother’s unwavering hope and a child named Innocent Brighten.
Just seven months old, Innocent was found miraculously unharmed, thrown out of a bus window after it overturned.
Wrapped in a Maasai veil, he lay on the roadside, alive, untouched, and smiling. His mother, Wiclyne Adongo, a local businesswoman, now lies in a hospital bed, her body broken but her spirit unyielding.
“I knew something wasn’t right,” she whispered, recalling the moment the bus veered into the wrong lane. “I wrapped Innocent tightly in the Maasai shuka and held him close. I did my best to shield him. God saw my intentions and intervened.”
Though her memory of the crash is fragmented, one image remains vivid, her arms around her child, her heart pleading for his safety. That prayer, it seems, was answered.
Today, Innocent is jovial, his laughter echoing through the hospital ward like a balm to the wounded. But Wiclyne’s thoughts are heavy. “How will I fend for him in this condition?” she wonders aloud. “Raising a child takes a village. Will someone help his father? Maybe God will touch a soul to answer my wish.”
Her words linger like a prayer in the wind, raw, honest, and full of faith. Heaven is watching. Nature is listening. And somewhere in the divine tapestry of fate, a mother’s love stitched a miracle.
One day, Innocent may grow to tell this story, the testimony of survival, of love, and of a name that carried him through the storm. Innocent, indeed.
According to Ministry of Roads and Transport between January and August 10, 2025, at least 2,933 fatalities have been recorded.
In one week 80 deaths deaths were reported across the country following accidents involving public service vehicles, private cars and commercial trucks, a trend that has raises serious concerns about road safety compliance.
