Ruto directs transport authorities to intensify PSV inspections and enforce safety standards following a fatal collision that killed 23 people and left 25 others injured along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway.

President William Ruto has directed authorities to conduct thorough inspections of public service vehicles (PSVs) following a horrific road crash that killed 23 people and injured 25 others along the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway on Sunday.

The accident occurred at about 7.45am at Kanga, near Mtito Andei, when a bus belonging to Power of the Word Church International and carrying 45 passengers collided head-on with a lorry-trailer.

The bus was travelling to Mombasa from western Kenya, where the passengers had attended a burial ceremony.