56 dead in yet another familiar script of anguish

A granny says a prayer to a survivor of bus belonging to Home boys at Fort Ternan hospital in Kericho County on October 10,2018. [Denish Ochieng, Standard)

Yesterday's crash that left 56 people dead brought back a familiar tale of pain, negligence and impunity on Kenyan roads.

Even the shell of the bus that was shredded by the impact of the crash and that lay in an open field strewn with luggage, twisted metal and bodies had a sense of deja vu.