Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:11:23 +0000 GOVERNMENT did not act from without when it banned night travel by Public Service Vehicles (PSV). It followed an outcry by the public over the mounting casualty figures of road accidents. Fifty-five percent of road accidents happened at night and most of them involved buses carrying scores of people, resulting in the high fatality rate. It is therefore surprising that bus drivers should complain against the ban, saying it will have serious implications on the economy. Where were they all this time if they had something to say? The Government gave the public one month in which to debate the issue before publishing Statutory Instrument no. 76 which is the cause of the outcry against the ban on night driving. As major stakeholders in the passenger transport sub-sector, bus drivers should have come out in the open to support or criticise the move Government was about to take. As […]
