Inaction as deaths rise: 270 mapped black spots remain unfixed on Kenya’s roads
The increasing accidents and deaths point to an entrenched systemic crisis.
NTSA has made a direct appeal to elevate the country's road safety crisis into a formal national disaster declaration.
Key stakeholders in the transport sector are on the spot due to accidents that keep occurring in known black spots with no efforts to make improvements.
Despite years of road safety audits, public warnings, and continuous promises of stricter enforcement, the death toll on key transit routes continues to rise.
Senators argued that the regulations could lead to increased transport costs.
Fatal road crashes expose the dangers facing motorists on the busy transport corridor.
A truck swerved to avoid another vehicle, ramming into a Toyota Succeed and a North Rift Sacco matatu, plunging both into a roadside ditch.
They faced an animal-infested swathe of land between Nairobi and Mombasa.
'My son? My eldest brother? His wife? Or their child, who is also my blood? How do you even begin to mourn?'
The proposals sought to impose specific timelines on electronic transmission of presidential results from polling stations.
The Bills, which are undergoing public participation, seek to overhaul the Education sector.
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