{"id":135103,"date":"2026-03-23T06:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/motorists-rerouted-as-floods-damage-key-road-to-lodwar\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:02:48","slug":"motorists-rerouted-as-floods-damage-key-road-to-lodwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/motorists-rerouted-as-floods-damage-key-road-to-lodwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists rerouted as floods damage key road to Lodwar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 23 \u2014 Heavy rains have washed away a section of the Kitale\u2013Morpus road, disrupting traffic and forcing authorities to redirect motorists to alternative routes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) said Sunday that the Chapareria\u2013Morpus section\u2014about one kilometre from Morpus\u2014had been cut off, making travel between Chapareria and Sebit towards Lodwar unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>The agency warned that the damaged stretch is now impassable and urged motorists to follow directions issued by police officers and traffic marshals deployed at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorists are strongly advised to exercise caution and strictly adhere to instructions issued by police officers and traffic marshals on site to ensure their safety,\u201d the authority said in a traffic advisory dated March 22.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers travelling from Lodwar have been advised to use the Marich Pass\u2013Nakuru route as an alternative until the road is restored.<\/p>\n<p>KeNHA Director General Luka Kimeli said the authority has begun efforts to restore passage along the affected section.<\/p>\n<p>The agency did not indicate when repairs would be completed but urged road users to remain patient as crews work to reopen the route.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 23 \u2014 Heavy rains have washed away a section of the Kitale\u2013Morpus road, disrupting traffic and forcing authorities to redirect motorists to alternative routes. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) said Sunday that the Chapareria\u2013Morpus section\u2014about one kilometre from Morpus\u2014had been cut off, making travel between Chapareria and Sebit towards Lodwar unsafe. [&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-135103","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\/135103","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=135103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}