Tana River MCA, Hamisi Idd, dies in road accident

Chewani Member of County Assembly in Tana River County Hamisi Idd is dead.

He died in a grisly road accident in Kanagoni area on the Garsen-Malindi highway on Saturday morning, police said.

He died on the spot.

Idd was the minority leader in the County Assembly of Tana River.

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Coast police boss Tom Kimani said police are investigating the incident.

He said the body was taken to a mortuary in Malindi.

UDA secretary general Cleophas Malala condoling with the family said the incident has robbed his family, friends, relatives, and the people of Tana River, a leader, father, husband, and friend from whom the hope for a better future was guaranteed.

Idd was a first-term county elected MCA under a UDA party ticket.

Before his election, he served as a bodyguard for the governor of Tana River.