Trailer Blocks Traffic Near Mombasa Road
Traffic police at the scene noted that they were awaiting a crane to lift the heavy trailer from the road to ease the flow of traffic to normalcy.
Marvin Chege 
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Wednesday morning, February 17 issued an alert to motorists using the Nairobi Southern Bypass Mombasa Road Bound after a trailer had overturned at the Ole Sereni Interchange causing a massive traffic jam.
Traffic police at the scene noted that they were awaiting a crane to lift the heavy trailer from the road to ease the flow of traffic to normalcy.
KeNHA also urged motorists to exercise patience as the situation was being resolved.
The truck reportedly flipped on its side at the overpass adjacent to Airtel headquarters, causing drivers to overlap on the sides of the road which made an already terrible traffic jam worse.
Motorists using the nearby roads have also been highly affected and have resorted to alternative routes. The crisis spread to as far as Enterprise Road having come at rush hour when most people were traveling to work.
Thika Road traffic was surprisingly smooth, according to spot checks by Bright Kenya News. The superhighway which normally experiences heavy traffic during peak hours was manned successfully by police at the exit into Thika Town as well as Pangani on the way to town.
On Fria morning, February 12, a concrete mixer truck overturned at Wangari Maathai Road, off Thika Superhighway, affecting traffic going in and coming out of the Nairobi CBD.
Nairobi traffic boss, Joshua Omukata noted that the truck overturned in the early morning hours, traversing across several lanes and blocking the highway completely.
The entry into Forest Road was closed off completely and the ripple effect saw traffic extend to as far as Githurai 45 and even affected passengers commuting to the opposite direction as there were no available vehicles.
Motorists from Roysambu heading to town through Ngara were also affected with most of them bashing the slow progress from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and the Kenya Traffic Police.
