Abantu nibura 24 bapfuye, abandi 24 barakomereka, nyuma y’uko bus yari itwaye abagenzi igonganye n’ikamyo ku muhanda wa Nairobi–Mombasa Highway muri Kenya. Impanuka yabaye ku Cyumweru, tariki ya 25 Ukwakira 2026, hafi ya Mtito Andei muri Makueni County.

Iyo bus yari itwaye abantu bari bavuye mu muhango wo gushyingura umuyobozi w’itorero mu burengerazuba bwa Kenya, berekeza i Mombasa. Ikamyo yari itwaye sima. Impanuka yabaye ahagana saa 7:45 za mu gitondo.

Impamvu nyayo y’impanuka iracyakorwaho iperereza. Urwego rushinzwe umutekano wo mu muhanda muri Kenya, NTSA, rwavuze ko amakuru ya mbere yerekana ko guhahirana mu buryo butizewe (improper overtaking) bishobora kuba byaragize uruhare mu mpanuka. Ariko umwe mu barokotse yavuze ko ikamyo yaba yaragonze bus iri inyuma.

Iyi mpanuka yongeye guteza impungenge ku mutekano w’umuhanda wa Nairobi–Mombasa. Ni kuko hashize ibyumweru bitatu gusa habereye indi mpanuka kuri uwo muhanda yahitanye abantu 17. NTSA ivuga ko muri Kenya habaho impanuka zigera ku 20,000 buri mwaka, zigahitana abantu barenga 5,000.

Nyuma y’iyi mpanuka, Perezida William Ruto yatanze ubutumwa bwo kwihanganisha imiryango y’ababuze ababo, anategeka ko hakorwa igenzura ry’imodoka zitwara abagenzi.

Iyi mpanuka yongeye kuzamura ikibazo cy’umutekano wo mu muhanda muri Kenya, cyane cyane ku muhanda wa Nairobi–Mombasa. Ubu inzego z’igihugu zirashaka ko igenzura ry’imodoka, kubahiriza amategeko y’umuhanda no gukumira gutwara nabi byongerwa imbaraga kugira ngo impanuka nk’izi zigabanuke.

A little more informed. A little more connected.