The scene of an accident at Salgaa, where at least 19 people died. [Photo/citizentv.co.ke]
The government is set to deregister all driving schools in a bid to curb the road carnage menace in the country.
Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said on Tuesday that deliberations with stakeholders could see the government clamp down on the incompetency of driving schools for what he termed as “giving driving licenses to murderers.”
“We have to be firm on driving schools. My proposal is to deregister all of them and reregister afresh so that we know who is qualified to run a driving school,” he said.
The CS added that criteria to be used to evaluate qualified driving schools will be out within a week following deliberations between the Interior ministry, their Transport counterparts and the National Transport and Safety Authority.
“We have this morning directed for conditions one needs to register a driving school is set within 7 days,” Dr. Matiang’i said.
The move comes a week after at least 160 people died in road accidents across the country.