{"id":1069,"date":"2026-10-28T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:30:54","slug":"fatal-bus-crash-renews-concerns-over-road-safety-by-cyrus-munyao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Bus Crash Renews Concerns Over Road Safety by Cyrus Munyao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fatal Bus Crash Renews Concerns Over Road Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kenya Faces Renewed Road Safety Concerns After Deadly Highway Collision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A serious collision between a bus and a truck on Kenya&#8217;s main Nairobi\u2013Mombasa highway killed at least 24 people and injured another 24, according to an Associated Press report published on 25 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash occurred near Makueni, close to the site of another fatal accident earlier in the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bus.jpg 678w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have raised concerns about dangerous driving practices and vehicle safety. The National Transport and Safety Authority has also highlighted the scale of the country&#8217;s road-safety challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has called for inspections of public service vehicles following the latest tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatal Bus Crash Renews Concerns Over Road Safety Kenya Faces Renewed Road Safety Concerns After Deadly Highway Collision A serious collision between a bus and a truck on Kenya&#8217;s main Nairobi\u2013Mombasa highway killed at least 24 people and injured another 24, according to an Associated Press report published on 25 October. The crash occurred near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}