Major Highway blocked, hundreds stranded

juma chrispinus

May 23, 2018 10:08 AM

School children have been worst hit.

Transport along Meru-Nairobi highway was on Wednesday morning paralysed after the road was washed away by flood waters.

The road was blocked at Ruguti area in Tharaka-Nithi County, a move that has left hundreds of commuters and school children stranded.

Kanjama-Kangema Road

Elsewhere, transport has been paralyzed along Kanjama-Kangema road in Murang'a after a section of it collapsed due to a landslide.

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Kenya Rural Roads Authority has urged motorists to use alternative routes.

“KeRRA would like to issue an alert on the Kanjama Kiria-ini Kangema Road where a section has collapsed due to a landslide, therefore, rendering it impassable. Motorists are advised to seek alternative routes at the moment,” a tweet from the Authority said on Wednesday.

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The meteorological department on Sunday issued a warning that the region would experience heavy rains for the next three days.

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