Traffic Snarl-up Along Nairobi-Naivasha Highway as Residents Block Road in Protest
Motorists heading to and from Nairobi were forced to sit in traffic for several hours at the Magumu area of the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway after protests erupted...
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Residents of Magumu, Kinangop Constituency, Nyandarua County, temporarily paralyzed transport along the Nairobi-Naivasha Highway on Monday, March 2, by blocking the road.
- The protest was against plans by a private developer to construct a cemetery on land intended for Nyandarua University College.
- Protesters, holding placards and twigs, used burnt tyres, tree stumps, stones, and logs to barricade the highway.
- Residents demand the intervention of the county government to halt the cemetery project and pursue a more beneficial development like a school or market.
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