The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) on Thursday announced heightened compliance checks on all roads across the country ahead of schools reopening.
In its advisory, NTSA urged Kenyans to be cognisant of the planned school reopening that will lead to increased travel of school children across the country.
The authority further warned drivers against speeding, reckless overtaking, use of un-roadworthy vehicles, drunk driving and driver fatigue during the said period.
Drivers were also cautioned against carrying excess passengers and using unfamiliar routes that are common for road crashes.
NTSA similarly called on the parents and guardians to take the responsibility of ensuring their children arrive in their respective schools safely.
“Private motorists, Public Service Vehicle operators, school management and parents and guardians have an enormous responsibility to ensure the safety of our children,” NTSA noted.
According to the Authority, It is significant that the vehicles ferrying children are insured, roadworthy and fitted with functional speed limiters.
Drivers were also directed to ensure that they are compliant with licensing requirements including having valid road service licences and inspection certificates.
The directive comes hardly a week before students resume their studies amidst the planned teachers and motorists strikes that are set to begin on Monday, August 26.
On Wednesday, August 21, the teachers' unions vowed to proceed with the planned teachers' strike after botched talks with the government.
Both the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) made the announcement after they failed to reach an agreement with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on the implementation of the Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA).
During the meeting, the teachers union representatives rejected TSC's offer to only implement a section of the 2021- 2025 Collective Bargain Agreement.
