How I Escaped a Near-Fatal Boda Boda Crash While Trying to Beat Curfew

My name is Gilbert, and I stay in Githurai 44. During the week, I work as a matatu conductor, but on weekends, I switch roles and do deliveries using my cousin’s boda boda. It’s my way of making a little extra to help put my younger brother through school. Life in Nairobi isn’t easy—if you don’t hustle wisely, you’re likely to go hungry.

At the start of 2023, I began noticing how common road accidents had become. It felt like every week, someone I knew had been knocked down while riding. Sometimes it was reckless motorists; other times it was riders speeding to dodge the police or beat curfew. I lost two friends like that. Both died instantly.

This made me anxious. Every time I got on the boda for a delivery, I would feel this heavy weight in my chest. One week, I came dangerously close to getting into two accidents on the same day. A driver suddenly flung his car door open, and later, a drunk pedestrian stumbled into the road out of nowhere. That very night, a female customer told me something unusual...To Read More, Tap Here