Mu mpanuka y’imodoka iheruka yaraye ibereye mu muhanda wa Thika-Murang’a, mu gihugu cya Kenya, abantu bane bahasize ubuzima, abandi batatu barakomereka bikomeye. Iyi mpanuka yabaye ku wa Gatandatu, tariki ya 6 Nyakanga 2024, ahagana saa tatu z’ijoro.
Amakuru atangwa n’umuyobozi wa polisi yo mu muhanda muri aka karere, John Mugo, avuga ko imodoka ebyiri z’abantu ku giti cyabo zahurirabye zikagonga bisi yari itwaye abagenzi. Imodoka imwe muri izi ebyiri yari itwaye umuryango w’abantu batatu bari bavuye mu bukwe, indi yo yari itwaye umuntu umwe. Ibi byabereye ahitwa Kambiti, hafi y’umupaka wa Thika na Murang’a.
Mugo yatangaje ko abantu bane baguye muri iyo mpanuka barimo abana babiri n’ababyeyi babo. Abakomerekejwe n’iyi mpanuka bahise bajyanwa mu bitaro bya Kenol ho muri Murang’a. Abantu batatu bakomeretse cyane, barimo umushoferi wa bisi n’abagenzi babiri bari bayirimo.
Bivugwa ko iyi mpanuka yatewe n’uko umwe mu bashoferi yari atwaye imodoka yihuta cyane, bituma arenga umuhanda agonga indi modoka. Abaturage bahise bihutira gutabara ariko basanga abantu batanu baramaze gupfa, abandi bakomeretse bikomeye.
John Mugo yihanganishije imiryango yabuze ababo ndetse asaba abashoferi kwitondera amategeko y’umuhanda cyane cyane kugendera ku muvuduko utarateganyijwe. Yakomeje avuga ko imihanda yo muri ako gace ari mibi, ikaba yateza impanuka niba abashoferi batitonda.
Aka gace ka Thika-Murang’a kazwiho kugira impanuka nyinshi kubera imiterere y’umuhanda, ugoramye kandi utari mwiza. Polisi yo mu muhanda irimo gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo ibungabunge umutekano wo mu muhanda, ariko na none igasaba abashoferi kugira uruhare mu kwirinda impanuka.
Abaturage b’aka gace basabye ko hakorwa ibishoboka byose kugira ngo umuhanda wa Thika-Murang’a ubungabungwe, hakubakwa neza kandi hashyirwaho ibyapa bigaragaza aho abantu bagomba kugendera buhoro.
