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Government asleep as road carnage piles up

The increased number of road accidents could easily be blamed on the police, but the problem is bigger. We have a Transport Ministry that has failed dismally to provide policy direction on public service vehicles. The last time the ministry was active in this area was during the tenure of the late John Michuki.

Since then, vested interests in Government with tentacles in the matatu industry have blocked attempts to re-introduce the tough measures that restored some level of sanity to the public transport sector.

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