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Only decisive actions can save us from resurgence of road carnage

Wreckage of Kapsabet Boys' bus involved in an accident along Marigat-Kabarnet Road, Baringo, on March 16, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Last week's road accident on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, claiming 11 lives from Kenyatta University resonated deeply with every parent, I included.

In another unfathomable incident last week, I witnessed heavy night traffic caused by a drunken driver who halted his car in the middle of Mombasa Road, succumbing to sleep on the wheel near the Imara Daima diversion.

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