Update: Kilifi Nominated Senator Priscilla Zawadi Kitsao was on August 6, discharged from Machakos Level 5 hospital after a road accident at Malili on the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
Kilifi nominated senator Priscilla Zawadi Kitsao was on August 5, involved an accident while traveling along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
Confirming the incident, Makueni county commander Joseph ole Naipeiyan stated the senator’s vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle at Malili area of the highway.
Kitsao was headed to Mombasa when the crash occurred at around 5 pm.
The legislator was admitted at Machakos level 5 hospital following the accident with officials at the hospital reporting that she was in a stable condition after the incident.
The traffic police boss advised motorists to practise caution when driving along the busy highway and observe traffic rules and speed limits.
According to statistics by the National Trasnport and Safety Authoirty (NTSA), A total of 1,022 people had lost their lives since the year began, as of April 23.
This was slightly less that the previous year where 1,058 died in road accidents in 2019.
In the survey results, 262 motorcylists were reported to have died on the road since the year began. The number is slightly high compared to 2019 whereby 204 motorcyclists lost their lives by the same date.
A 2010 report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that between 3000 and 13 000 Kenyans lose their lives in road traffic crashes every year.
According to the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety, the majority of the victims were - pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists. In addition, nearly one-third of deaths were among passengers – many of whom were killed in unsafe forms of public transportation.
