SPECIAL REPORT : Poor roads and the scourge that has refused to go away

Traffic passes on on section of the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro highway with ruts in Chalinze, Coast Region. The ruts are caused by heavily-laden trucks, according to engineers.

PHOTO | SYRIACUS BUGUZI

What you need to know:

Nearly 14 per cent of accidents in Tanzania are blamed on poor road conditions while the rest—about 74 per cent—are due to human error, according to the current National Audit Report Survey carried out in nine regions across the country.