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The accident in which 8 pupils of St Gabriel Primary School, Mwingi died on Saturday night should never have happened. The accident is reported to have occurred at around 11pm while the pupils were returning from an academic trip to Mombasa.
While this newspaper commiserates with the bereaved families over the needless loss, several issues come to light. First is the disregard of directives from the Ministry of Education that mean well for both learners and teachers. Second is the blatant violation of traffic laws and the apparent lethargy among traffic law enforcers.
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