A Kenyan man on Saturday missed a function meant for his dowry payment after he got stuck in traffic along Nairobi-Nakuru Highway for several hours.
Anthony Okumu was among the hundreds of travelers who were left stranded at Gilgil area following a massive traffic gridlock that lasted nearly 20 hours.
Okumu was traveling from Nairobi to Ugenya, Siaya County to pay a dowry for his would-be wife but missed the function after spending Friday night and the better part of Saturday morning stuck in traffic.
He was expecting to arrive in Ugenya at 6 am on Saturday after leaving Nairobi at 9 pm on Friday but the bus he was traveling in got stuck in traffic at Gilgil weighbridge.
“I left Nairobi on time but look, I cannot attend a family function that made me travel because of traffic snarl-up,” said Okumu.
Gilgil police commander Emmanuel Opuru said the snarl-up was caused by construction of a section of the road by Kenya National Highways Authority (Kenha) at Gilgil weighbridge.
Here is a video of the traffic snarl-up; https://www.facebook.com/OnesimusKipchumbaMurkomen/videos/7261354378064…
