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Chris Kirwa raises concerns over road accidents as students return to school
06th January, 2026 01:53 PM
Kenyan veteran event organiser and corporate MC Christopher Kirwa has expressed deep concern following numerous road accidents as schools reopen.
In a statement shared on his official Instagram account on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Kirwa lamented the silence about the incidents after another road accident involving a bus carrying students occurred earlier today in Kimende, Kiambu County.
He says the children were travelling back to school when the crash occurred.
“As we continue to keep quiet … because it’s yet to hit home… This morning in Kimende, a bus carrying students was involved in a road crash. The children were travelling back to school,” Kirwa raised concerns.
“Now it’s our kids …. But you are still silent.”
Road safety
Kirwa further urged Kenyans not to stay silent about road safety, stressing that road accidents affect real human lives.
He warned that with schools reopening, parents and children must be safe, and questioned how many more lives would be lost before people spoke out.
“These are not statistics or AI images — they are human lives. We cannot stay silent. Schools are opening soon: are you and your children safe? As they head to school?” he added.
“It’s 5 January 2026 — how many have died so far? How many more must die before each of us uses our social platforms to say “enough”?”
In addition, Kirwa called for stricter enforcement of traffic laws, including arrests, prosecution, and jail terms for reckless driving, warning that avoidable road accidents continue to claim lives.
“We must demand stricter enforcement: arrest, prosecution and jail terms for reckless driving — including dangerous overtaking and overlapping. Fellow Kenyans, we cannot keep losing lives to avoidable road accidents,” Kirwa stated.
Kirwa on reckless driving
This comes days after the event organiser called for urgent action as reckless driving continues to claim lives on Kenyan roads.
In a statement shared on Saturday, January 3, 2025, he warned that dangerous behaviour and weak punishment for traffic offenders are creating deadly conditions that affect everyone.
“Can we use our platforms to restore sanity on Kenyan roads? Reckless driving and the lack of sufficiently punitive measures for traffic offenders are costing lives,” Kirwa said.
“Please join me in raising awareness and urging traffic regulators and enforcers to take stronger, consistent action.”
He said reckless driving, combined with the lack of sufficiently punitive measures, is costing lives every day. According to him, silence only allows the problem to grow, adding that road deaths should not be treated as normal events.
“Today it may be other Kenyans; tomorrow it could be us. Reckless overtaking in particular is killing people,” he added.
Kirwa emphasised that no one is immune when traffic laws are disregarded, and enforcement is often inconsistent.
