But for families in Kimbimbi village, this year's season has become a painful reminder of lives cut short. Although they were cousins, relatives say Purity and Abigael shared the kind of friendship that made them inseparable. The tragedy has left a deep scar on Kimbimbi village, where eight of the 10 victims came from. Eight of the victims were from Kimbimbi, one from Nderwa and another from Kerugoya, who was travelling in the parcel truck. "As relatives, we have now been left to care for her children," said family members Felister Wanjiru and Lydia Wambura.