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Eldoret-Webuye highway may have the most dangerous blackspots in the country

The Kipkaren river - Kaburengu junction, a 15kilometre stretch along the Eldoret - Webuye highway is one of Kenya’s most dangerous roads, claiming lives in repeated horror traffic accidents.

Majority of these accidents involve petrol oil tankers, trucks, matatus and boda boda riders. Though sporadic, they always hit national headlines because they lead to the loss of multiple lives, massive destruction of property and leave scores with life-threatening injuries.

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