Kenya: Why Figures For Road Death Toll Vary

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The answer to just how many people die on Kenya’s roads depends on who you ask.

The country’s national transport authority put it at 2,965 for 2016, while the official statistics agency had it as 4,809 people . Then there’s the World Health Organisation , which says between 3,000 and 13,000 Kenyans die each year on the country’s roads.

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