Fatal Road Accidents Claim 8 Lives in Machakos County and 5 in Kikopey - January 2026

A tragic road accident on Friday night along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway resulted in 8 fatalities. The collision, which occurred in the Katumani area of Machakos County, involved a passenger bus traveling from Mombasa and a matatu shuttle. In a separate incident, an accident in Kikopey resulted in 5 deaths. One report summarizing the day's events stated that tragic road accidents in Kenya resulted in 11 fatalities in a single day. This report specified that six people died in Konza and another five lost their lives in Kikopey.