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Baada ya ajali mbaya ya matatu(daladala) kugongana na Lori hapo jana Jijini Nairobi, idadi ya vifo kwa mwezi Desemba 2017 pekee imefikia 242. Hii ina maana mtu mmoja alifariki kila baada ya saa 3.
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The death toll during the month of December alone hit an all-time high of 242. It means one person died every three hours during last year’s Christmas period.
As public anger soared over the high fatalities, President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned those killed and asked drivers to be careful during this festive season.
He regretted loss of lives in road accidents that can be avoided. “Let us all be responsible this festive season, and more so, those of us who are driving,” said the President
The National Transport and Safety Authority reacted with an immediate ban on night travel by long-distance buses.
It was not the first time. The NTSA announced a similar ban in 2016, following a spate of accidents but gave in to pressure by transporters and backtracked.
NTSA Director-General Francis Mejja directed that all long-distance travel be restricted to 6am and 7pm.
“Over the recent past, our records indicate that the majority of crashes are occurring during the night and in order to review the effectiveness of the current measures in place to improve road safety, the authority, in consultation with other relevant government agencies, suspends night travels for all distance public service vehicles from December 31st,” a joint statement with the Police Traffic department read.
Official statistics released by December 26 show that 2,847 people had perished in road accidents compared to 2,914 during the same period in 2016.
Some 11,003 people had been involved in road accidents across the country compared to 12,881 the previous year.
Of the 2017 fatalities, 1,045 were pedestrians, 731 passengers while 308 were drivers.
While last year’s road deaths are slightly less than 2013, when 3,130 people perished in road accidents, the high "holiday season" casualties on Kenyan roads is a matter of national concern.
Sunday morning’s horrible accident is the second most tragic in fatalities after the 2013 horrifying death of 41 people on the spot when a bus rolled at Ntulele along the Nairobi-Narok road.
Source: star.co.ke
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The death toll during the month of December alone hit an all-time high of 242. It means one person died every three hours during last year’s Christmas period.
As public anger soared over the high fatalities, President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned those killed and asked drivers to be careful during this festive season.
He regretted loss of lives in road accidents that can be avoided. “Let us all be responsible this festive season, and more so, those of us who are driving,” said the President
The National Transport and Safety Authority reacted with an immediate ban on night travel by long-distance buses.
It was not the first time. The NTSA announced a similar ban in 2016, following a spate of accidents but gave in to pressure by transporters and backtracked.
NTSA Director-General Francis Mejja directed that all long-distance travel be restricted to 6am and 7pm.
“Over the recent past, our records indicate that the majority of crashes are occurring during the night and in order to review the effectiveness of the current measures in place to improve road safety, the authority, in consultation with other relevant government agencies, suspends night travels for all distance public service vehicles from December 31st,” a joint statement with the Police Traffic department read.
Official statistics released by December 26 show that 2,847 people had perished in road accidents compared to 2,914 during the same period in 2016.
Some 11,003 people had been involved in road accidents across the country compared to 12,881 the previous year.
Of the 2017 fatalities, 1,045 were pedestrians, 731 passengers while 308 were drivers.
While last year’s road deaths are slightly less than 2013, when 3,130 people perished in road accidents, the high "holiday season" casualties on Kenyan roads is a matter of national concern.
Sunday morning’s horrible accident is the second most tragic in fatalities after the 2013 horrifying death of 41 people on the spot when a bus rolled at Ntulele along the Nairobi-Narok road.
Source: star.co.ke