Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has come out guns blazing after the early morning grisly road accient that has claimed fifteen lives and has given his Transport Minister and county inspectorate five days to explain why there was a truck parked dangerously on the road at Matuu causing the early morning accident . He took issue with narrow roads in Kenya.
At least 15 people died at the crack of dawn Wednesday after a Nairobi-bound bus from Mandera rammed a stationary truck at Matuu in Machakos County. The dead include 10 men, three women and a child, area police boss Joseph Karanja told the Nation. Mr Karanja said the incident happened a few minutes after 5am, and that the driver of the truck that had stalled on the road had not placed warning signs (called life savers) to caution other users.
According to police sources at the scene, the bus rammed the truck from behind before losing control and veering off the road. “The bus was moving at a high speed and it just flew off the road after hitting the truck,” one of the officers said. The morning crash left scores of other passengers injured and they were taken to Matuu Level Four Hospital.
