- In the first incident, a matatu lost control and hit the middle-aged man who was walking.
- In the second case, a man said to be a flower farm worker was hit by a pick-up truck near Kamere centre.
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Two people were hit and killed by speeding motorists in Naivasha as the number of pedestrians dying from road accidents in the country continues to rise.
The two men died on the spot in different accidents along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway and Moi South Lake road.
In the first incident, a matatu lost control and hit the middle-aged man who was walking along the highway near Raini trading centre.
According to James Kabono from Naivasha Road Safety Association, cases of fatal accidents involving pedestrians were on the rise along the highway.
He attributed this to speeding and lack of speed bumps, adding that the most affected sections are KCC, Mithuri, Kayole, Karai, and Raini estates along the highway.
“Every week we are reporting at least one fatal accident involving pedestrians mainly on centres located along the highway,” he said.
In the second case, a man said to be a flower farm worker was hit by a pick-up truck near Kamere centre while crossing the Moi South Lake road.
“The man crossed the road without checking and the vehicle that was heading to Naivasha hit and killed him on the spot,” said Kabono.
Naivasha OCPD Benjamin Boen confirmed the accidents, adding that the bodies were collected and taken to Naivasha sub-county hospital and inquest files opened.
“We have also mounted a major crackdown targeting defective vehicles and this will continue as we seek sanity on our roads,” he said.
Meanwhile, tens of passengers were stranded along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway during a crackdown mounted by traffic police and NTSA targeting defective vehicles.
During the crackdown at the Naivasha-Kinangop junction, tens of passengers were forced to walk to Naivasha town after their vehicles were detained or dropped to avoid arrests.
One of the passengers, Amos Kuria who was heading to Naivasha from Kinungi, said that the matatu they were travelling in dropped them kilometres away to avoid arrest.
“We have been forced to walk for over 10km to Naivasha town after the matatus decided to pull out of their routes for fear of arrest,” he said.