{"id":119953,"date":"2025-08-19T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/kenha-hires-chinese-contractor-to-redesign-kisumus-killer-roundabout\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:09:10","slug":"kenha-hires-chinese-contractor-to-redesign-kisumus-killer-roundabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenha-hires-chinese-contractor-to-redesign-kisumus-killer-roundabout\/","title":{"rendered":"KeNHA hires Chinese contractor to redesign Kisumu\u2019s killer roundabout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Aug 19 \u2014 The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has moved to restore order at the Coptic roundabout along the Kisumu\u2013Kakamega road following a recent demolition,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/08\/19-people-killed-in-road-accident-along-kisumu-kakamega-highway\/\"> a week after twenty-six mourners lost their lives in a grisly crash at the black spot<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KeNHA has contracted China Railway Tenth Group (CREC No. 10), a subsidiary of China Railway Engineering Corporation, to redesign the junction after public uproar over recurring accidents at the roundabout. The contractor has already begun works on site.<\/p>\n<p>According to project foreman Martin Kizito, the team started by demolishing the roundabout and realigning the junction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeNHA gave us three days to complete the realignment. We will receive further instructions thereafter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows an incident on Friday night when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/08\/kisumu-roundabout-black-spot-where-26-people-perished-in-road-accident-destroyed\/\">unknown individuals vandalized and blocked the roundabout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor on Monday confirmed he had visited Roads Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir, together with Teso North MP Oku Kaunya, to push for a lasting solution to what he termed the \u201ckiller Coptic roundabout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs leaders, we want a permanent solution to this menace,\u201d Owuor posted on his social media page.<\/p>\n<p>While redesign works continue, some residents have blamed motorists for reckless driving, arguing the roundabout itself is not the root cause of the accidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis roundabout has nothing to do with these frequent accidents. Motorists should stop driving on free gear, that\u2019s the issue,\u201d said Christopher Onyango, a local resident.<\/p>\n<p>The twenty-six accident victims were laid to rest last Saturday in Nyakach Sub-County.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/08\/govt-disburses-sh4mn-to-cater-for-burial-costs-of-nyakach-road-accident-victims\/\">Govt disburses Sh4mn to cater for burial costs of Nyakach road accident victims<\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Aug 19 \u2014 The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has moved to restore order at the Coptic roundabout along the Kisumu\u2013Kakamega road following a recent demolition, a week after twenty-six mourners lost their lives in a grisly crash at the black spot. KeNHA has contracted China Railway Tenth Group (CREC No. 10), a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}