{"id":6597,"date":"2024-11-24T05:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T02:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2024-11-24T05:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T02:39:05","slug":"dp-william-rutos-rachel-cycles-in-honour-of-biker-killed-in-a-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/dp-william-rutos-rachel-cycles-in-honour-of-biker-killed-in-a-road-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"The day President William Ruto&#8217;s wife Rachel cycled in honour of cyclist killed in a road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">President William Ruto&#8217;s wife Rachel has joined her fellow cyclists in celebrating one of them who was killed in an accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<p class=\"article-image__caption\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Rachel Ruto cycling in the company of biking enthusiasts. Photo: Rachel Ruto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Source: Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Rachel and members of Spin Kings Kenya bikers group took to the road to cycle in honour of the late Patricia Wangui &#8220;Kui&#8221; Gitonga.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;Today I cycled in <\/span>honour<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0of Kui Gitonga, a biker whose life was cut short in a motorcycle accident. During her free time, she was a volunteer road marshal for cycling groups, protecting and ensuring a safe route by directing cyclists,<\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8221; she posted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The Kenya Airways employee was cycling along Ngong road on Saturday when she rammed into an overlapping saloon car which had reportedly veered off the lane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><i>&#8220;We lost our first ever lady biker to a collision with a recklessly driving maniac who lost control of his speeding car and veered into the path of our sister at a high rate of speed, side swiping and injuring her extensively,&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>her fellow biking enthusiast Kennedy Marete mourned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<p class=\"article-image__caption\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The late Kui Gitonga. Photo: Rachel Ruto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Kui&#8217;s memorial service was held at Consolata Shrine in Westlands on Monday after which her remains were ferried to Karatina for burial on Tuesday, December 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A month ealier, a doctor who had urged the government to curb road accidents was killed while cycling along Kiambu road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Alphonce Ogada, a consultant paediatric dentist loved cycling and on that fateful day, the father of two atop his favourite bike when a recklessly driven matatu hit and killed him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">His demise followed that of a fellow cyclist and young engineer Caleb Omwoyo who was on his way home one evening when he met his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DLBhC5nGyoc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto&#8217;s wife Rachel has joined her fellow cyclists in celebrating one of them who was killed in an accident. &nbsp; Rachel Ruto cycling in the company of biking enthusiasts. 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