Driving schools union national Deputy Chair John Magara in his office. (Photo/ Maxwell Ngala)

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National Driving School Union has reiterated that it should not carry the blame of increased road carnage in the country.

The union instead blamed the Ministry of transport, the traffic department, NTSA and other government bodies mandated to ensure road safety in the transport sector.

Speaking in Mombasa on Monday, the driving school union National Deputy Chair John Magara said that driving schools in the country have been offering the required standard courses and teaching all the traffic rules to the students.

He said that all students go through special driving test before issued with valid driving licenses, which according to Magara shows that driving schools equip the drivers with relevant knowledge and technical knowhow while on the road.

According to Magara who is also the Coast regional union Chair said that individual drivers causing accidents in various roads in the country should carry the blame and not the institutions offering driving tutorials.

“How can you blame an institution where a driver qualified more that fifteen years ago, that’s should squarely lie on an individual driver,” added Mr. Magara.

He said that the government inspected the institution before issuing them with operating licenses.“You cannot blame a medical training college if a patient loses life in hospital, the government should work with us so as to ensure safety in the transport sector,” he added.

Magara also challenged the government to improve on infrastructure and always construct bumps barriers and clearly marked black sports in various roads countrywide so as to contain road accidents.

He also called on the ministry of transport and the National Transport and Safety authority-NTSA to launch an intense road safety awareness campaign to Kenyans countrywide.

The country experienced deaths and injuries in December last year, a situation that led to the Transport ministry together with the Interior ministry to ban night travel and vowed to conduct a thorough inspection of all driving schools in the country.

However the night travel ban was later partially lifted as inspection in all public transport companies vetting is still underway.