{"id":15053,"date":"2020-09-27T20:22:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T20:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=15053"},"modified":"2020-09-27T20:22:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T20:22:54","slug":"national-assembly-deputy-speaker-moses-cheboi-involved-in-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/national-assembly-deputy-speaker-moses-cheboi-involved-in-road-accident","title":{"rendered":"National Assembly Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi involved in road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0MERCY KAHENDA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A 33-year-old motorcycle operator died in a road accident involving National Assembly Deputy Speaker\u2019s vehicle at Kamara area, along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the accident, the Rift Valley Traffic Enforcement Officer Dorothy Muleke said the accident occurred on Sunday at around 4.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, a Mercedes Benz was being driven by Parliament Deputy Speaker Moses Cheboi who was heading towards Molo town from Mau Summit, while the rider was headed in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>However, on arrival at the scene, the motorcycle rider tried to avoid a pothole along the highway, but he hit Cheboi\u2019s vehicle head-on.<\/p>\n<p>He died on the spot while Cheboi, also Kuresoi North MP escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>Cheboi was alone in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Assembly Deputy Speaker was driving home in his Mercedes Benz when he hit a motorcycle along the highway,\u201d said Ms Muleke.<\/p>\n<p>The passenger onboard the motorcycle sustained severe injuries and was rushed to Molo Sub County Hospital where he is receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The body of the deceased is at Molo Sub County Hospital morgue awaiting an autopsy while Cheboi&#8217;s vehicle was towed by the police to Mau Summit Police Station for inspection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice are holding the vehicle belonging to the Deputy Speaker as we commence investigations into the accident,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Following the\u00a0accident, Ms. Muleke has asked road users to observe erected signage along the busy highway to avert accidents and deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Kamar is among\u00a0blackspot areas\u00a0along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway, where several people have died with others injured.<\/p>\n<p>Other blackspot areas along the highway include Sobea, Salgaa, Migaa, Sachangwa, Total, and Equator.<\/p>\n<p>The most memorable accident along the busy highway is\u00a0Sachangwan tragic fire\u00a0on January 31, 2009, that left 131 people dead after a tanker ferrying 50,000 liters of petrol headed to Juba in South Sudan went up in flames after an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Following multiple accidents along the highway, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KenHA) erected speed bumps in black-spot areas along the highway to curb road carnage.<\/p>\n<p>A wall constructed from Salgaa area towards Total has also helped reduce accidents along the busy highway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking all road users including passengers to be keen while plying along the highway, to avoid anticipated deaths,\u201d said Muleke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0MERCY KAHENDA\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: A 33-year-old motorcycle operator died in a road accident involving National Assembly Deputy Speaker\u2019s vehicle at Kamara area, along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway. Confirming the accident, the Rift Valley Traffic Enforcement Officer Dorothy Muleke said the accident occurred on Sunday at around 4.30pm. 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