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Traffic officer killed while making way for Uhuru's motorcade in Nairobi

Traffic police officers directing vehicles in Nairobi

NAIROBI: A traffic police officer died on Sunday night after he was hit by a speeding car along Mombasa Road as he and his colleagues controlled traffic for a presidential motorcade.

President Uhuru Kenyatta had arrived from Ethiopia and his motorcade was leaving Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for State House when the incident happened.

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