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How traffic police officers bungle road accident cases

A traffic police officer inspects a matatu that was involved in an accident on the Eldoret-Kapsabet road this year. [File, Standard]

A woman missed out on Sh5.3 million in compensation because the court could not determine who was responsible for an accident that killed her husband.

In a case filed by Caren Auma against Clifford Otieno Ahonya (driver) and Emergency Relief Supplies Ltd, Justice L. Njuguna admitted that it could not be determined who was to blame for the accident between the driver and the deceased, who was knocked down while trying to cross the road.

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