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Originally Posted by kabunja wa gathuita
thas commendable for kenyans but drinking they still did - but responsibly! or is it that the easter came at the long time of the month? end month weeks away and possibly dispossable cash!
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after all the talk cheki balaa katika gazeti ya leo...
83 die in easter accidents
published on march 25, 2008, 12:00 am
by cyrus ombati and joel okwayo
Eighty-three people were killed in road accidents during the easter holidays. Police said 486 others were seriously injured, and blamed the accidents on overloading, speeding and faulty vehicles. Of the deaths recorded up to sunday, 41 were passengers, 33 pedestrians and four drivers.
Acting traffic commandant aggrey adoli termed the number of casualties alarming. He said the public, especially passengers, was not co-operative in the road safety campaign. "the public is not according the police the required support. Instead, most of them side with the public service operators, who flout traffic rules," he said.He added that most of the accidents occurred as motorists rushed before and during the holidays.
In the same period, police impounded 3,800 vehicles for flouting traffic rules. Of these, 241 psvs had their number plates removed, while business licences for others were cancelled. Police said some operators were with defective or multi-coloured vehicles, and those caught speeding or overloading were fined. Those whose vehicles were detained would appear in court today to face various charges. Adoli said the traffic crackdown would continue to ensure road safety. He accused some pedestrians of ignoring traffic rules. Most of those killed, he said, were to blame for the incidents. Police said many people crossed roads at wrong places.
In the previous week, 39 people died, while 322 were seriously injured. Meanwhile, hundreds of commuters returning after the easter holidays were on sunday stranded in western province for lack of transport. Some had to travel to kisumu and eldoret to catch buses to nairobi. Buses took advantage of the situation to increase fares. Passengers from kakamega to nairobi were charged between sh1,400 and sh1,800. Easy coach, which charges sh950 for the trip, had been fully booked. Akamba and crown buses to the city were also booked. The matatu welfare association national organising secretary, mr fred chitechi, blamed the situation on post-election violence. He said many operators had withdrawn their vehicles. Passengers from mumias, busia, bungoma, webuye and vihiga had to contend with the fare increases. Matatus charged sh130 from mumias to kakamega instead of sh100. Travellers to busia from mumias paid sh200, up from sh150. Mr henry okhako, who was travelling from busia to mumias town, said commuters were scrambling for the few vehicles available. Butere/mumias ocpd, mr samuel kosgei, warned operators that unroadworthy vehicles would not be allowed on the roads.
So did people drink responsibly? -
03-23-2008, 08:46 PM
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