The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) wants all boda boda riders carrying schoolchildren to wear protective gear in new sweeping changes to protect children.
According to the Draft Traffic (School Transport) Rules 2025, the Authority is mandating all students carried on a motorcycle not to have any hand luggage. "All luggage should be carried in the carrier or a backpack," reads part of the proposed new laws.
According to the proposal, a boda boda rider or any other motorcycle-carrying schoolchildren should not carry any other luggage unless inside a carrier when transporting schoolchildren.
NTSA officials and police conducting an enforcement on the roads on May 14, 2024.
