It so happens that all this Salgaa blackspot needed was a simple redesign of the road

It so happens that all this Salgaa blackspot needed was a simple redesign of the road

Yet we were always treated to government sanctioned and funded shenanigans of prayer warriors, pastors, traditional doctors, witchdoctors, sorcerers etc. after every fatal crash in that area.

For decades, the infamous Salgaa stretch along the Nakuru-Kisumu-Eldoret Highway has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It has been a notorious black spot that has claimed thousands of lives for years.

Today, the once vast maize and wheat plantations are a host to several industries including Royal Group Industries, National Cement Company, Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Limited, and Ganglong International, a Chinese company that majors in roofing materials.