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Why many buses have turned mobile coffins

The wreckage of the Nairobi bus and a truck that collided head on at Migaa area near Salgaa along the Nakuru- Eldoret Highway on December 31, 2017. Over 30 people died on the spot and scores injured. [Photo: Kipsang Joseph/standard]

Thousands of deaths from crashes could be avoided if buses were built to withstand impact.

Fabricators have been indicted for doing shoddy work and using inferior quality materials, thus producing vehicles that crumble on impact.

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