A senior traffic police
officer was among two people killed in a tragic road accident on Saturday night
along the Narok-Mai Mahiu highway.
Police
said the incident June 28, 2025, at about 10:00 p.m. near Duka Moja and involved
three vehicles a Scania trailer, a Toyota Prado TX and a Toyota G-Touring.
He is
among nine people who were killed in separate accidents reported on Saturday
alone.
Six others were killed on
Sunday in separate incidents. Police said 13 people had been killed in similar
separate incidents on Friday.
The Sunday incidents increased
to almost 30 the number of people killed since Friday in a worrying trend.
Dozens of others are nursing
wounds in hospitals following the accidents, police said.
According
to police, in the accident involving Chief Inspector George Rotich Kipchumba, the
Scania trailer was travelling from Narok to Mai Mahiu when the driver—whose
identity is unknown—failed to stay in the correct lane and veered into oncoming
traffic.
The
trailer collided head-on with a Toyota Prado driven by Kipchumba, a senior
officer at Narok Traffic Base.
The
Prado, according to police, was then pushed into an oncoming Toyota G-Touring.
Both
Kipchumba and the unidentified trailer driver died on the spot.
A
passenger in the Prado suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to Narok
County Referral Hospital for treatment. Four
unidentified passengers in the Scania trailer were also injured and taken to a
hospital in Narok.
The
bodies of the deceased were transferred to the Narok County Referral Hospital
mortuary pending identification and postmortem examinations.
Police
say fatal accidents are on the rise.
Officials
say reckless overtaking, speeding, and drunk driving remain among the leading
causes of road accidents across the country, continuing to claim lives despite
sustained public safety campaigns by the National Transport and Safety
Authority (NTSA).
Mechanical
failures from poorly maintained vehicles, including worn tyres and faulty
brakes, have also been identified as significant contributors to the growing
number of crashes.
In addition to driver
negligence, poor road conditions—such as potholes, confusing signage, and
inadequate lighting—make travel increasingly hazardous, particularly at night.
Furthermore,
poor enforcement of traffic laws, coupled with some incidents of corruption at
roadblocks, has allowed traffic offenders to operate with impunity, further
worsening the problem on Kenyan roads.
There
is a campaign to address the menace.
