By Peter Atsiaya and John Oywa
The Government will enforce the law banning heavy commercial vehicles from moving at night.
"We have to act urgently and one of the measures we plan to take is to enforce the law barring tankers from moving at night," Internal Security Assistant Minister Orwa Ojode said.
He explained why the law had not been adhered to. "There is no alternative for transporting cargo, including oil from Mombasa and Nairobi to western Kenya, because the railways cargo hauling system cannot cope," said Ojode.
He was speaking at Kodiaga township in Siaya District on Friday where swift action by police stopped residents from siphoning fuel from an overturned tanker.
Siaya police boss Johnstone Ipara said the incident could have been tragic had the officers not turned away the mob.
He said the tanker was ferrying 50,000 litres of petrol to Kampala from Kisumu when the driver lost control at around 6.30pm. The driver and his turn boy escaped unhurt.
On Friday, Ojode praised the police officers for their quick action.
The Ndhiwa MP said it was worrying that Kenyans were still rushing to siphon oil from tankers yet those killed in the Molo tragedy had not been buried.
"Our people should learn to run away from accident scenes as is the practice in Rwanda," he said.
