By Wuodgot Jagot
KERICHO ACCIDENT CALLS FOR STIFFER PENALTIES FOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS. I would recommend that (1) All the directors of Home Boyz busses and all traffic police officers who were on duty on the route the bus traveled on before the accident be charged with 43 (depending on the death toll) counts of murder contrary to section 203 of the Penal Code and an alternative charge for being accessory to the fact of murder. (2) All movable, immovable and liquid (money in the banks and mpesa) assets of the directors of the ill fated bus and those of the traffic police officers who were on duty along the route be attached and sold and proceeds be used in paying mortuary and hospitals bills. (3) The ministry of interior should lease with all countries within East Africa community to form a National Bureau of Drivers having the data of all drivers who have committed traffic offenses resulting to deaths be permanently barred from driving, getting employment and getting loans or credit facilities from the banks or any financial institutions.. If a driver who had previously committed a traffic offense resulting into deaths is found driving, he should be charged a fresh retroactively and is immaterial whether he or she had served the terms. Police officers a betting such drivers should be removed from the service according to section 20 paragraph 30 (b) of the National Police Service Commission act of 2012. Any employer who wants to employ a driver must demand that the driver has clearance certificate from the National Bureau of Drivers . (4) PSV drivers should be aged between 40 and 60 years. (5) Traffic police officers should be on a one week rotational basis just like any other officer performing general duties. If such laws can be enacted,, then ONLY 75% of the majority in a referendum can repeal or amend it not a simple majority in the Parliament or a presidential road side decree. My condolences to relatives and friends of those who perished in the accident.
Citizen K says
Sad
Problem with kenya is obsession with conveyor belt degrees, ,conferences,ability to memorize the constitution word to word,spin doctors in name of advisors ,political analysts ,experts in so and so field etc BUT no real action
Th late John Michuki did it so well with current laws,after him everything went upside down in the transport world .
I don’t know why !
The other problem is we don’t vote to elect legislators who will pass relevant laws to improve current ones.The so called knowledgeable populace are not even registered voters
So we should stop complaining
Let’s copy what Michuki was able to achieve and make a difference in our lives
Sir Chris says
1. There should mandatory Vehicle inspection at the Bus Station.
2. Every vehicle (More so Public Transport Vehicle) to keep with them Vehicle, repair and maintenance records available for inspection any time. When was the repair or maintenance done, what was repaired or installed and by who.
3. To have all the Motor Vehicle Mechanics registered, their garages/Workshops registered with an agency that will monitor their work. (A professional body that will supervise their works) (those who tamper with Speed Governors to be tampered with)
4. Implement Michuki Rules plus my proposal above.
Anonymous says
Knee-jerk reaction will not help. These buses kill people every day and once politicians have done lip service, Kazi kwisa.