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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