Injured Kenyan pedestrians threatened with prison

NAIROBI;
Kenyan road safety  authorities have
threatened to charged injured pedestrians
with attempted suicide in a bid to halt a
rise in road accidents  in   the east African
Nation,

The  warning came as police revealed road
fatalities were up to percent this  year with
Jaywalkers accounting for nearly half
those  killed'

"We are  contemplating harsher sentences
for pedestrians who cross roads at
undesignated  places including charging,
them with attempted suicide ,Kenyan road
safety  chief Francis Meja was  quoted as
saying by the Nation newspaper,

Attempted suicide is a crime in Kenya and
punishable by up to two years in prison
a fine  or both,

Kenya's accident black spots  are around  the
capital Nairobi mainly onthe inceasingly
congested major highways  leading into
the  capital,Meja admitted  the biggest causes
of fatalities were speed and inadequate
pedestrian facilitiesAFP