Kenya's temporary travel bans that only serve to pacify citizens

Members of the public look at wreckage of bus belonging to Home boys after it lost control at Fort Ternan in Kericho County on October 10, 2018. (Denish Ochieng, Standard)

Kenya’s history of road safety regulations is not only questionable but also painful to survivors, families of victims and the country as a whole.

In the 2013 Global Status Report on Road Safety, the World Health Organisation estimated that Kenya lost between 3,000 and 13,000 people in road crashes every year.