{"id":129453,"date":"2026-01-25T07:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T07:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/traffic-resumes-on-nairobi-southern-bypass-after-oil-tanker-explusion\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T07:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T07:02:45","slug":"traffic-resumes-on-nairobi-southern-bypass-after-oil-tanker-explusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/traffic-resumes-on-nairobi-southern-bypass-after-oil-tanker-explusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic resumes on Nairobi Southern Bypass after oil tanker explusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 25 -Traffic along the Nairobi Southern Bypass has been fully reopened following an oil tanker accident that disrupted movement on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) confirmed in a statement that emergency response teams successfully cleared the affected section, allowing vehicles to resume normal movement.<\/p>\n<p>KeNHA said the Southern Bypass, a key route linking western and southern Nairobi to Mombasa Road, is now fully operational. <\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to exercise caution and follow traffic police instructions as traffic flow stabilises.<\/p>\n<p>The road was temporarily closed after an oil tanker caught fire following a collision near the Carnivore area, causing heavy congestion and panic among motorists.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 25 -Traffic along the Nairobi Southern Bypass has been fully reopened following an oil tanker accident that disrupted movement on Saturday. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) confirmed in a statement that emergency response teams successfully cleared the affected section, allowing vehicles to resume normal movement. KeNHA said the Southern Bypass, 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-129453","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\/129453","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=129453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}