Kenyans should stop playing with fire, literally

Two men carry the remains of a burnt motorbike after a fuel tanker exploded on August 10, 2019, in Morogoro, Tanzania. [AFP]

In as much as calamities happen, people never seem to draw any lessons from them. Only days ago, more than 60 people died in Morogoro, Tanzania, after an overtuned fuel tank they had rushed to siphon fuel from exploded.

In February 2009, a fuel tanker and a matatu were involved in an accident along the Luanda–Busia road. To those in the vicinity, it was party time as they scrambled to scoop spilled fuel, intent only on making money despite efforts by police officers to stop them. For their trouble, five people died after the spillage flared up.