The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) in conjunction with The Rhino Ark Trust has trained a group of motorcycle (boda boda) riders from Nyandarua County on road safety and environmental conservation.
The riders were also trained on the need to observe the laid-down road safety regulations in an effort to reduce the rising cases of accidents, especially those involving them.
According to NTSA and the Rhino Ark Trust officials, the riders will be made champions of environmental conservation and road safety in their localities.
Speaking during the training session held at the Aberdare National Park's Shamata Gate, the Director for Road Safety-NTSA Andrew Kiplagat said the country was experiencing a big challenge with road safety, noting that so far, at least 870 people have died this year in accidents alone and out of this, about 40 per cent were boda boda riders.
