The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has stepped in to resolve the heavy snarl-up on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway that lasted for hours.
The authority indicated that the snarl-up that occurred on Sunday around the Naivasha area was triggered by a non-injury accident.
Impatient motorists, however, began overlapping aggressively creating a gridlock.
"The Kenya National Highways Authority notifies the public of a traffic snarl-up at the Kinale section along Naivasha - Rironi (A8) Road. This has been occasioned by the high volume of traffic as motorists rush back to the city," KeNHA stated.
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"Earlier there was registered a non-injury accident at the section and motorists became impatient and started to overlap causing a gridlock. The police have cleared the accident scene and are on the ground trying to marshal traffic."
The authority, as a result, asked the motorists to use alternative routes including the Rironi - Mai Mahiu - Naivasha stretch.
Earlier footage recorded by a person travelling in a helicopter showed that the gridlock stretched for several kilometers and in some instances, vehicles had stopped moving.
The snarl-up had been in place since at least 3 pm.
"We are stuck at Nakuru-Nairobi way because Kenyans lack discipline, literally the way to Nakuru is closed," observed one traveler.
"It's high time a superhighway is constructed along Nairobi-Nakuru or at least a dual carriageway," stated Sereti Tonkei.
In the just-concluded festive season, the highway was frequently used by Kenyans travelling to various destinations leading to several instances of traffic snarl-ups with at least five other instances recorded since mid-December.
A few days to Christmas Day, a gridlock began at 7:00 am lasting till well in the afternoon. It was blamed on motorists who were overlapping.
Notable leaders including Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale were among those affected by the snarl-up.
"Stuck in a kilometres-long traffic jam as we snake our way to Kakamega. It's consoling that a dual carriageway of the Nairobi to Mau Summit Junction is in our development blueprint," he stated at the time.
