Take action to end rising cases of road accidents

A wreckage of a 14 seater matatu that was involved in a road accident along Bomet-Narok highway. [ Gilbert Kimujtai, Standard]

A Saturday night road accident in Kitui claimed 11 lives. According to police reports, the vehicle carrying mourners was overloaded and speeding at the time of the accident.

These deaths add to the tally of road fatalities recorded between January 2022 and May 31, 2022. According to a recent report by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), by end of May this year, 1,912 people had lost their lives in road crashes. These figures represent a nine per cent increase in accidents for the same period last year.