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Kenya bus crash kills at least 24 as government vows road safety crackdown
October 25, 2026 at 09:57 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 9 hours
A bus carrying mourners from a pastor's funeral collided with a truck on Kenya's Nairobi-Mombasa highway, killing at least 24 people, police said.
- The bus, owned by Power of the Word Church International, collided with a cement truck near Mtito Andei, injuring 24 others.
- Makueni County Commissioner Abdullahi Khalif said the bus driver tried overtaking vehicles before colliding with the oncoming truck; the cause remains under investigation.
- President William Ruto ordered inspections of public transport vehicles, and Transport Minister Davis Chirchir announced stricter enforcement against speeding and unsafe overtaking.
- The crash came three weeks after another wreck on the same highway killed 17 people, prompting the NTSA to urge declaring road crashes a national disaster.