Rein in schools that predispose their learners to road accidents

A dangerous trend is cropping up — that of schools predisposing children to road accidents through sheer negligence and blatant disregard for basic safety rules. On Friday, a kindergarten pupil died in a nasty accident involving a school bus in Tudor, Mombasa. Six-year-old Jeremy Musila of St Augustine Primary School was run over when he slipped through a hole on the floor of the bus.

The strange circumstances surrounding the death of the minor not only shocked the country but also raised the spectre of risks that await school children, especially in urban areas.