New rules for PSVs won’t do much to end road carnage

It is still inexplicable why the Jubilee Government found it necessary to come up with new traffic laws instead of throwing its weight behind the implementation of the old ones popularly known as the ‘Michuki rules’. The only plausible theory is that the new team at the helm of the transport industry believes it knows better that its predecessors. Or it wants to put its own stump on the sector.

But, perhaps the answer might be found in the fact that although the public service vehicle (PSV) operators opposed the Michuki  rules, which succeeded in bringing a level of sanity on the roads, they have embraced the latest ones. Unfortunately, the tough rules were not allowed to run their course following the 2007 elections when the late minister was moved from the interior to the environment docket.