Kenyans loot ‘unga’ after truck overturns on Eldoret-Kitale Highway

Kenyans loot ‘unga’ after truck overturns on Eldoret-Kitale Highway

Members of the public on Wednesday looted maize flour from a truck that veered off the Eldoret–Kitale highway near Bahraini Centre in Eldoret. A video that captured the incident showed the crowd scrambling for bales of unga, with some individuals arriving on boda bodas to cart away the looted goods.

A serious road accident that occurred in the last hours on Route 40 ended in tragedy and collective shame. A truck driver died when he turned with his vehicle, and while his body was still lying on the site, a group of people jumped over the trailer to take the goods he was transporting. The accident occurred at the height of the El Foyel site, when a truck carrying frozen products — including chickens, sausages and other foods — lost control an…