A road accident scene in the past. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
Following a continuous spate of road accidents across the country, the government on Sunday issued a directive banning all night travel.
Travelling hours were reduce to strictly fit between 6am and 7pm.
But what does this mean?
Does the government mean that the accidents were being caused by travelling at night?
Road accidents continue to occur day and night, and whereas majority of them could happen when darkness comes in, the night is not entirely the cause.
Poor roads, recklessness among drivers and police who take bribes to pardon less roadworthy vehicles form part of the bigger problem.
Banning night travel is just a scapegoat away from the government's ineffective NTSA and the glaring reality that some roads were poorly done and maintained.
It is like saying that since many electrocutions are happening in the country, the Kenya Power should stop supplying electricity to towns.
Or for instance, that since elections cost the country a lot of money, we should not hold them.
For places like Sachang'wan of Salgaa road stretches, what happens if the government for instance makes them dual carriages?
Why do you have to inconvenience the travelling schedules of people for a mistake that lies squarely with you?
Most Nairobians had travelled away from the city and had booked these vehicles, some travelling at night, to come back.
What will happen now is that if the expected traffic influx back to Nairobi was to take one week, it will have to be stretched to two weeks because we hare working half the earlier period.
Well, this is not the first time the ban has been imposed; it happened earlier in 2014.
I hope bus companies move to court as citizens push for the expansion of their respective roads.