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President Mwai Kibaki and Prime minister Raila Odinga today joined family, relatives and friends for the mass burial of 15 people killed in a road accident in Machakos. The accident claimed 23 lives, 6 of them members of the same family. President kibaki ordered the arrest of drivers and police who fail to adhere to and enforce traffic laws as other leaders called for the full enforcement of the so called Michuki rules. Vincent Oduor reports.
Who are they really telling this? cos they just talk and never implement the rules. All these so called politicians disgust me. Kenyans are being robbed of their lives by road accidents due to ignorance from those foolish politicians.
trishaashraf 5 months ago
@suensmith do u think anyone in Kenya ever follows Kibaki's so called "tough" orders? Who takes him seriously?
karuitha 5 months ago
@MrDeeEm I see bus drivers in other countries are mature and experienced. The traffic rules are enforced and if you break them a jail term or a long time ban is always on the card. In Kenya such rules dont apply and any maniac from the street can come from the street and get behind the wheels of a matatu or as we used to call it squad moja to tao and back.
karuitha 5 months ago
@K: right. talk is cheap...funerals have become daily services....road maniacs know there is nobody to enforce laws...what to do!
siasabora 5 months ago
very frustrating...the rules exist....and you pay no attention
siasabora 5 months ago
opportunists.mungu awalaze pema peponi
wanzueni 5 months ago
@karuitha Another idea would be to institutionalize the issuance of public service drivers license.
Create an organization that will "employ" all public service drivers. Make it obligatory for all public vehicle operators to hire drivers from this institution. This organization would be accountable for any reckless workers and could mop out all illegally acquired licenses.
MrDeeEm 5 months ago
we need Michuki back in that ministry and and everything will be in order the same day!...this non sense of Kibaki and Raila trying to pretend to give some orders can't happen...another accident will happen tomorrow and it wil be the same story!...we need actions!
bethukip 5 months ago
@suensmith Kenya's problems go way beyond roads and infrastructure. Situations such as these accidents are just but symptoms of a deep rooted culture in Kenya where we disregard law and natural order.
The root cause of the problem needs to be identified and dealt with at the core.
Teaching ethics should be taken seriously in all levels of education, preferably a locally relevant ethics curriculum. This is one way to perform a national level change in culture.
MrDeeEm 5 months ago
where is Chirau Ali Limpapa Mwakwere?....he has time to meet the so called G7 and escort Ruto to the airport but not show his face to kenyans...police is not the answer to everything in kenya they are the escape goat for politicans
legend618 5 months ago