Road safety should be taken seriously by all stakeholders

Travel in our public service vehicles (PSV) is a gamble. From utter disregard for traffic rules, poorly maintained vehicles to bad roads, arriving safely at ones destination from another point cannot be taken lightly. Kenya ranks highly among countries having some of the worst killer roads in the world, and the Salgaa stretch on the Nakuru – Eldoret Road is ample attestation.

In one of the latest accidents, at least 59 people perished in an accident at Fort Ternan, Kericho County in early October. Though the cause of the grisly accident has not been clearly established, reports indicated the bus operated outside regulatory hours without a valid license and was overloaded. In itself, that was a violation of what has come to be popularly known as the Michuki rules.