THREE children will have to leave without the care of their beloved mother who recently quit her job to care for them following a road traffic accident that has claimed four lives and left 29 with serious injuries.
But it’s not just her family in loss, the nation has also been robbed of a dedicated public relations practitioner and journalist.
According to sources Miyoba Mooya’s love and dedication for her three children was so much that she had to quit her job in Mpika as PR practitioner a month ago so she could take care of her children.
Her decision only proves that even at a time that she was alive, there was still no one that could take care of her children better than her.
However, this morning, the 38 year old mother was on a journey to South Africa, where she was going to see her mother’s younger sister, who called her for a visit.
But unfortunately, her journey did not last long as the bus she was on overturned in Kafue around 04: 30 hours this morning and died on the spot.
Mooya attended her secondary school education at Kasama Girls and later graduated from Cavendish University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Public Relations
Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga confirmed the accident and identified Mooya as one of the people that have perished in the accident.
Others killed in the tragedy are Ruth Malambo aged 51 of Garden compound in Lusaka, South Africa, Muhammed Laila, aged six and Tanzanian national, Ramishi Mussa Mattmbwa aged 21.
The accident occurred when the driver, of the Marcopolo bus with registration number BAJ 3715 and trailer number BAE 5510 (Dangler), Mwanza Lebani, aged 39, lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed, causing the bus to overturn leaving it excessively damaged.
Hamoomga has identified the 29 surviving passengers who are currently admitted to Kafue General hospital as Felistus Wanja, 43, Cathrine H. Tembo, 50, Davie Kandota aged 40 of Lilongwe, Malawi, Stella Chibangeni and Mubanga Mostela aged 59 of Mpika town.
Also admitted is, Emeli Kalimbwe aged 25 of Lusaka, Agness Sakala, aged 36 years, Lusaka, Mthopis Madlela, 33 a South African national, Cynthia Sampa, 35 of Nkana East, Kitwe, Joseph Mwansa, 46, Libala South, Lusaka, Nachilima Loveness – Aged 45 years, Siavonga, Nkhata Christopher, 66 of Libala South, Lusaka and Abushili Mwendapole – Aged 25, a Tanzanian national.
Others are, Shupiwe Ndhlovu, Aged 41, of Lusaka, Beauty Brenda Msowoya, 45 a Malawian national, Audrey Mwela, 49 years, of Olympia, Lusaka, Christabel Chalwe, 46 years, of Lusaka, Teresiah Muthoni, 37 years, a Kenyan national, Agness Phiri, 40 of Lusaka, Meck Njombi, 32 of Kamwala, Lusaka.
“A Female Juvenile aged nine years also survived, and Gloria Mutale aged 48, Elizabeth Munjombe, 36, Jean Ziba, 66, Misheck Mbewe aged 50, Stella Shimanja an adult, John Mwansa, 46, Odo Banda, 29 years, Chongwe, and one unidentified female adult who is in a critical condition,” said Hamoonga.
By Buumba Mwitumwa
Kalemba October 15, 2024
