The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has been called upon to investigate driving schools which issue driving licenses to unqualified and young operators.
Kisii Matatu owners Association chairperson George Obiri regretted that incompetent and unqualified drivers and riders were increasingly becoming the main cause of accidents and deaths on the Kenyan roads and urgent actions were needed to curb the trend.
Speaking during a funeral mass for two teenagers who lost their lives in a motorbike accident at Keumbu on Monday he said only 20 percent of the bodaboda operators in the country are trained and appealed to County governments to work closely with the National government to ensure the operators are well trained.
“Bodaboda transport sector was now becoming a threat to the economy of this country following increased accidents and I ask all transport stakeholders to work together and come up with ways of addressing the menace,” he added.
He at the same time accused parents and adults of absconding their duty of mentoring and guiding the young and called on them to take full responsibility if the youthful generation was to be rescued.
He called for the arrest of a police officer who allegedly hired his vehicle out to the eight teenagers before they met their deaths, saying the officer knew that the teenagers were unqualified drivers and did not care.