Popular Nation Media Group journalist Ben Kitili is a grateful man after narrowly escaping death during a grisly road accident.
Taking to his social media accounts, Kitili updated his fans that he had been involved in a horrific road accident.
“From nowhere,trailer stalled, lost control and rammed onto me.. thanking God we are okay,” Kitili wrote.
The TV personality revealed that he was in the car with two other people when the accident occurred.
The two did not sustain any injuries urged people to always be grateful when they get back to their homes in one piece.
“Mungu ni mkuu. Always thank God when you go out and get back home in one piece. My two passengers and I are okay. My baby (my car) not so much but we thank God,” wrote Kitili.
Accidents
Earlier this year, police released a report indicating that, 60 people have lost their lives in Nairobi as a result of road accidents.
Stakeholders have come out to confirm that indeed road accidents are one of the major causes of death in the country.
According to the 2021 National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) road safety status report, the number of road accidents in Kenya has risen at an alarming rate, from 3,707 in 2020 to 4,347 in mid-December 2021, the highest in five years, representing a 17.3 per cent increase.
Cause and Safety
Speaking to the press, Nairobi Regional Traffic Police boss Joshua Omukata linked the accidents to bodaboda riders saying the riders don’t follow traffic rules and are always the cause of the accidents.
“We might lose many city dwellers by the time 2022 ends if nothing is done about the bodaboda sector. Most of the riders are unruly and careless hence the many accidents that have been recorded this year,” Omukata said.
Due to this, Prudential Insurance, a stakeholder in road safety, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, launched a program dubbed Safe Steps Road Safety, a public service initiative that is aimed at raising awareness and providing clear and simple life-saving educational messages on road safety.
The program is created and developed by Prudence Foundation in partnership with the Didier Drogba Foundation to provide easy-to-understand information on the most common areas for road safety: Distracted Driving, Drink Driving, Motorcycles, Pedestrians, Seatbelts, and Speed Limits.
