The holidays are approaching in Kenya, which for local residents also coincide with the summer vacation, which is longer than the Christmas and year-end vacations, more like ours in August.
As a result, many "migrants" from the big cities, especially the capital Nairobi, return to their native regions, but it is a whole country that moves, because even from the small towns there are those who return to their villages.

This also happens between Mombasa, Kilifi, Malindi and the hinterland, and wherever there is work and one can go back for a vacation period, where one's relatives, parents live and where one often has a bed and a "hut."
This phenomenon inevitably increases the use of public transportation, especially buses and the so-called "matatu." The matatu is the most popular means for Kenyans to get around, because it reaches any destination and travels on any road.

But it is also the most dangerous, because it is often packed with people and luggage and driven recklessly on unsafe roads.
That is why in December the tragic count of accidents and deaths begins: in the last weekend there were more than 20 fatalities, in three different accidents involving matatu. On Saturday night, near Machakos, south of Nairobi, 12 lost their lives and five were seriously injured when a matatu overturned, which by the way should have carried a maximum of 14 passengers, not 17.

Another 4 (but the count is provisional) in Eldoret on Sunday and in the night as many lost their lives in the collision between a matatu and a truck in Nakuru.
Among the many tourists who will arrive in the next few days from abroad and add to the exodus of locals, we recommend moving with caution and reason, avoiding public transportation during this period, even for short distances (e.g., Malindi-Watamu) and even on safaris or in leisure travel between locations, always check the "health" condition of drivers and ask them to go slowly, despite the understandable desire to arrive in time to enjoy unforgettable landscapes or situations.
Even an accident, alas, often becomes unforgettable.