MPs escape unhurt in road accident

Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka emerges from a sport utility vehicle belonging to his Kwanza counterpart Ferdinand Wanyonyi following an accident at Sugunanga on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway on August 22, 2016. They were both unhurt. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Two Members of Parliament escaped unhurt in a road accident at Sugunanga on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway.

Kwanza MP Ferdinand Wanyonyi (second left) emerges from his vehicle after it was involved in an accident at Sugunanga on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway on August 22, 2016. He was with Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka, a driver and another occupant. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kwanza MP Ferdinand Wanyonyi and his Machakos Town counterpart Victor Munyaka were in a convoy of lawmakers on the parliamentary Agriculture Committee and were on official duty in Uasin Gishu County.

Locals and leaders view the vehicle belonging to Kwanza MP Ferdinand Wanyonyi after it was involved in an accident in Eldoret on August 22, 2016. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

The committee is on a two-day tour of the North Rift region seeking solutions to challenges bedevilling the agriculture sector.

Cereal farmers had petitioned the committee on budgetary allocations to agriculture.