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How drunk pedestrians risk life and limb at this stretch

NextGen Mall along Mombassa Road on 1st September 2018, it is difficult for pedestrians to cross road during the night. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Were it not for a distress call sent at 4am by a friend after he had been run over by several vehicles near NextGen Mall on Mombasa Road, Stephen Mboya’s death would have passed like any other.

“An accident opposite NextGen Mall. A friend hit by a vehicle. Emergency service needed urgently. The remains are still on the road,” tweeted Justus Kioko on July 21 after his calls to the police went unanswered.

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