Tears in Mombasa’s Bangladesh slum after three pastors die in Mtito accident
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From left: Pastor Joseph Vura of Campaign for Salvation and Healing Ministry Church, Apostle Fonex Paul of River of Restoration Church and Pastor Isaac Juma of Grace Healing Church. The three were among 23 passengers who died in the Mtito Andei road crash on October 25, 2026.
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Kevin Odit and Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group
The three ministers were among 23 passengers killed when their bus rammed into a stationary cargo truck.
The pastors were returning to Mombasa alongside dozens of other ministers from the Mombasa West Zone.
Inside a small corrugated-iron church in the heart of the Bangladesh informal settlement in Jomvu Sub-County, Mombasa, Assistant Pastor Patrick Wetaba sat alone in the dim light, weeping uncontrollably on Sunday.
Just hours earlier, he had sent money to his spiritual mentor, Reverend Joseph Vura of Campaign for Salvation and Healing Ministry (Cashem) Church, to buy breakfast at a rest stop along the Mombasa–Nairobi Highway. Instead, that very location became the site of a tragic calamity.
