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Anne Macharia in Nairobi

Global partnership brings hope amid high pedestrian road deaths in Nairobi

Kenya's road infrastructure leaves little room for pedestrians.
Kenya's road infrastructure leaves little room for pedestrians. © AFP - TONY KARUMBA

With pedestrians accounting for up to half of road deaths in Kenya, experts say the rapid expansion of the country's capital Nairobi's road network has failed to take into account how many journeys still begin on foot.

James Mwangi leaves his house in Kayole, a low-income neighbourhood in the east of Nairobi, at 5:47am every day, for the 20-minute walk to the bus stop.

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