One person killed as Probox with 15 aliens rolls in Muranga

MURANG'A COUNTY: One man was killed and five injured after a salon car rolled at Kwa Muthike area near Sagana, Murang'a County.

Police say the probox was carrying 15 people suspected to be foreigners headed for Nairobi at about 6am when the driver lost its control and rolled into a ditch.

The driver managed to escape from the scene with slight injuries while nine other aliens from Ethiopia were arrested. According to traffic commandant Charlton Muriithi, the vehicle had come from North Eastern area and was headed to Nairobi when the incident happened.

"We do not understand how he managed to carry the 15 people in the probox and efforts to get him are ongoing," said Muriithi.

The vehicle rolled and landed in a ditch before villagers arrived and saved them with the help of police.

Cases of foreigners sneaking to Nairobi are on the rise despite the heavy presence of police roadblocks on the main Nairobi-Garissa highway.

Some of them are from Somalia while others are from Ethiopia. Police say most of the aliens come to Nairobi to use it as a route to other destinations like South Africa.