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SPECIAL REPORT: Substandard helmets and failure to wear them among leading causes of motorcycle related deaths, says new report

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A boda boda rider carries a passenger without a helmet Daraja Mbili-Migori Highway. Motorcycle helmets reduce the risk of head injury by 69 per cent in the event of an accident. [Sammy Omingo ,Standard]

Substandard helmets in the country are among the leading causes of motorcycle-related deaths, it has emerged.

Also, failure to wear them has been blamed for rising deaths. This is according to report by the Kenyan National Helmet Wearing Coalition.

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