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More than 1,800 trucks in traffic jam on Nairobi- Mombasa highway for over 24 hours

Heavy rains along sections of the Mombasa-Nairobi highway have crippled traffic flow in the last 48 hours causing massive traffic jams

Kenyans on Friday and Saturday were locked in a monstrous traffic jam that necessitated deployment of police officers overnight to ease the condition after a truck rolled blocking the busy Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

The worst affected areas along the road were Konza town, Malili, Salama and stretching downwards Sultan Hamud with more than 1,800 trucks having stuck for over 24 hours.

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