The popular comedian Emmanuel Nyambane Makori, known as Ayeiya, died following a car crash on the Magadi Road on Thursday night.

Ayeiya had just left the Carnivore, where he had been on stage, in the company of fellow comedian Paul wa Kimani and Mr Maina Olwenya, one of the main actors in the film Nairobi Half Life, when their car struck an electricity post near the Catholic University of East Africa. Kimani and Olwenya were also seriously injured and have been admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital.

Langatta Police chief Elijah Maina said: “The driver hit the pole as he was negotiating a corner”.