Imagine settling in for your Friday evening drive, maybe a weekend getaway in mind, only to find yourself inching along, then grinding to a complete HALT. That was the grim reality for hundreds of motorists using the crucial Nairobi-Nakuru highway. What started around 6 pm transformed into a 12-hour ordeal, forcing countless travelers to become unwilling overnight residents of their own vehicles.
The truly bizarre part? According to reports, this epic standstill wasn't triggered by the usual culprit – a nasty accident snarling up the lanes. Nope. This was a traffic jam of mythical proportions, a slow-motion vortex that seemingly materialized out of thin air and held its victims captive until around 11 am the next morning.
Understandably, the frustration levels have hit DEFCON 1. Drivers and passengers are now recounting the significant losses incurred – wasted time that could have been spent with family, missed appointments, and the sheer mental and physical exhaustion of a night spent immobile on a major highway.
Locals are pointing to a recurring pattern of such traffic chaos on the Nairobi-Nakuru route. They're amplifying their calls for the government to urgently expedite the long-promised upgrade of the highway into a dual carriageway. The current single lanes are clearly buckling under the pressure of increased road users, a problem exacerbated during seasonal peak travel times.
Is this 12-hour traffic jam the final straw? Will the cries for a dual carriageway finally be answered? One thing is for sure: the Nairobi-Nakuru highway just delivered a stark reminder that something needs to change, and fast, before more weekends are swallowed by the asphalt abyss.
