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Road bumps with no signage blamed for deadly night accident in Naivasha

Relatives of the victims of the Nakuru-Nairobi highway accident console each other at the Chiromo mortuary yesterday. Newly-erected bumps along the Nairobi-Naivasha highway could be partially to blame for the accident that claimed 39 lives in Karai on Saturday night. (PHOTO: DAVID GICHURU/ STANDARD)

Newly-erected bumps along the Nairobi-Naivasha highway could be partially to blame for the accident that claimed 39 lives in Karai on Saturday night.

Transport Principal Secretary Irungu Nyakera admitted there was no proper warning signage about the bumps or rumble strips at the scene of the tragedy.

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