For Mombasa Road users, death is always lurking

The narrow lanes have made things worse for pedestrians. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A middle-aged man was yesterday morning killed in a road accident near Panari Sky Centre Hotel on Mombasa Road.

Pedestrians, passengers and motorists passing near the body, which lay on the road, took photos and cursed Chinese contractor, China Road and Bridge Construction, for the nightmare and the deaths that have lately been occurring on the road as the construction of the Nairobi Expressway continues.

“For how long will people die on this road? Recently, I saw someone being knocked down near a U-turn. It seems by the time the construction ends, many Kenyans will have died or injured on this road,” said a passenger, who was seated next to the writer in a city-bound bus.