Tag Archives: highway

Afternoon Nap

Afternoon Nap

A man sleeps on an island beside Mbagathi Way in Nairobi.

Jostling For Position

Jostling For Position

Matatus try and overtake each other in a bid to get to Nairobi faster along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the outskirts of Naivasha. Public Service Vehicles are the leading cause of road accidents in Kenya.

Long Way Home

Long Way Home

A man leads his loaded bicycle through traffic in Ngong, Kenya.

The Road to Nothingness

The Road to Nothingness

Vehicles take a detour due to construction on the Nakuru-Eldoret higway near Njoro, on the outskirts of Nakuru Town.

The Weary Road

The Weary Road

A worn out stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway between Timboroa and Burnt Forest.

Road Closed

Road Closed

A “Road Closed” traffic and detour sign along the Nakuru – Eldoret  highway near Salgaa.

Waiting in Traffic

Waiting in Traffic

Traffic Costs Nairobi $746,000 Per Day

The Kenyan capital of Nairobi is struggling with crippling car congestion — a problems some say is so bad the country should consider transferring its capital to another city.

“Once known as East Africa’s green “City in the Sun”, Nairobi is so choked with traffic that Kenya’s architects suggest moving to [...]

The Spare Tyre for Nigeria

The Spare Tyre for Nigeria

Yar’Adua brought in unconscious

THE United States’ Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of  African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, has said he hopes that the return of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua is not an effort by his senior advisers to upset Nigeria’s stability and create renewed uncertainty in the country’s nascent democracy. Carson, who made the submission in  [...]

Leader of the Pack

Leader of the Pack

A group of riders along Kenyatta Avenue turn off the street near Serena in Nairobi.

Awaiting the Bus

Awaiting the Bus

Commuters await a public transport vehicle along Nairobi’s busy Mombasa Road.

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Two cyclists navigate a worn out and heavily damaged Eldoret-Kitale Highway.

Slow Down

Slow Down

A sign by a road construction zone on Thika Road warns motorists to slow down. Thika Road has been undergoing construction to ease traffic leaving Nairobi for the northern and north-eastern suburbs and towns.

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