Highways and urban streets bear brunt of impunity in Central

A trader displays some building material on a road reserve in Kutus town,Kirinyaga County in total disregard of the highway code leaving motorists exposed to danger since there is no room for escape in the event of an eventuality. (Photo: Munene Kamau/Standard)

One of the pedestrian walkways along Thika Road is used to display furniture.

A multi-storey commercial building sits on a road reserve at a busy intersection of two major roads in Gatanga. Elsewhere, hawkers have encroached on land reserved for busy highways.