Hop, step and jump: Death traps right in the centre of Nairobi city

A man jumps over a manhole at Country Bus Station where Kubuni broke his leg. [Photo: Jenipher Wachie/standard]

On September 10 last year, Nicholas Kubuni left his home in Utawala and headed to Nairobi’s Country Bus station to meet a relative who had travelled from upcountry to pay his family a visit.

An upbeat Mr Kubuni arrived at the terminus on time—at 5.30am. But something happened that immediately turned his world upside down.