Caskets bearing remains of a mother and her three children who were Kenyans who died in the March 10 Ethiopian air crash. /CFM.
NAKURU, Kenya, Oct 18 – A young woman and her three children who perished in the Ethiopian Air crash were finally laid to rest at her matrimonial home in Bahati, Nakuru County.
Carolyne Nduta Quindos and her children Kellie Wanjiku aged 7, Ryan Njoroge aged 4 and 9-month-old Rubi Wangui died alongside their 61-year-old grandmother when the aircraft to Nairobi crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport on March 10.
The four were buried in Kiangai farm in Bahati Sub County while their grandmother was buried on Thursday at Kabatini in the same area.
Nduta’s remains were in a brown shiny casket while those of her three children lay besides hers in three small white caskets which were arranged in order of their ages.
They were remains of 28 Kenyans which were flown this week, out of the 36 Kenyans who died in the plane crash that killed all 157 people on board.
Nduta’s widower, Paul Njoroge was overwhelmed as he read out tributes for his loved ones and had to take long pauses to compose himself.
“This burial will give us a place to gather and remember how Carol, Ryan, Kelli and Robi touched our lives- the remembrance of their huge smiles, their deep love rooted in the goodness of family and their love for soccer,” he said.
Njoroge said he will remember Ryan and Kelli’s pictures of the sun and rainbows, their love for daddy’s long drives, their favourite songs and movies.
“As God and His Living Son, Jesus, taught us-our time here is the beginning and not the end, they have prepared a place for each of us at their banquet table for all eternity,” he said in his tribute.
He said the past seven months were painful adding that sorrow shall always be in his mind and heart.
The widower told of instances when he weeps upon recalling his wife and children, especially when driving.
Njoroge was working in Bahamas and had a home with his wife and children in Toronto, Canada.
In Makueni, the remains of Annah Mukui was also buried with other victims set to be buried across the country over the weekend.
