NTSA, CFAO-Motors partner to launch school children road safety initiative
National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and CFAO-Motors in partnership with schools today officially launched the school children’s road safety initiative dubbed: “Get home safely” at St Anne’s Girls’ Primary School on Jogoo Road, Nairobi.
This is after road accidents have been on the rise on roads and more especially to the school-going children to and from school.
Speaking during the launch, Hesbon Nyagaka, a Ministry of Education official in Nairobi, reminded the young children to always be careful all the time while on the roads and never to involve in risky activities of hanging onto moving vehicles as this constitutes fatalities reported daily.
“Children should always be given enough time by motorists to cross safely our busy roads,” Nyagaka said.
“On our so-called children we need to know whom we are dealing with – let us not see them as children but who they will be in the future because within them are doctors, pilots, lawyers, etc,” Mayaka added.
Mary Kiarie, Deputy Officer in charge of traffic in the Nairobi area, commended NTSA and CFAO Motors for the initiative which will greatly help children.
“Our children should also know how to use our roads. Always use the pedestrian crossing (formerly zebra crossing) for your safety,” she said.
Following the worrying situation Toyota, Hino, Suzuki, and Yamaha have all come together to make sure there are no accidents.
Arvinder Reel, Managing Director, CFAO-Motors, in his address said it is their commitment to take road safety seriously as most fatalities are on the roads.
“As stakeholders, we have to nip it in the bud and so we should be cautious both the young and old while crossing our roads,” he said.
“Motorcycles and other commuter vehicles never obey the bumps put in place making it hard for our road marshals (popularly known as Mr. Lollipop) to control traffic for our young girls to cross over to the school,” said Mary Kairo, headteacher of St Anne’s Girls’ Primary School.
The statistics show that 2,200 fatalities were reported at end of June 2022. This, according to NTSA reports.
Most fatalities are caused by motorcycles because the riders never adhere to traffic rules. Thanks to NTSA and CFAO Motors for taking the initiative to save a generation, says
In 2017 there was a fatal accident at the Jogoo Road Posta stage and many more followed making the place a dangerous spot.
