As Kenyan schools reopen for the 2026 academic year, the government has issued a strict travel advisory and ordered compliance checks on school transport vehicles to prioritize student safety on the roads.

• Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir cautioned against unregulated, illegal transport and urged parents to ensure children use safe, compliant vehicles.
• The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) highlighted major defects found in previous school transport vehicle inspections, including faulty speed limiters, defective brakes, and missing seat belts.
• The NTSA is directing speed limiter vendors to ensure compliance with KS 2295:2018, including proper functioning and real-time data transmission to the NTSA system.

Several people were killed and injured in a head-on collision between a Greenline bus and a Nanyuki Cabs shuttle on Monday, January 5, around 2:00 a.m., along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway at Karai in Naivasha.

• Nine people, including two minors, were initially reported dead in the crash.
• The injured were transported to Naivasha District Hospital, with Kenya Red Cross assisting in rescue efforts.
• This incident follows another fatal accident on Saturday, January 3, on the same highway at Kikopey, Gilgil, which claimed five lives.

The Motorists Association of Kenya (MAK) has called for a crackdown on "rogue" driving schools due to a spike in road accidents, alleging that many institutions provide inadequate training while maintaining 100% pass rates. MAK urged the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to strengthen oversight and ensure comprehensive driver education to combat driver incompetence and corruption within the licensing system.

• MAK claims most driving schools omit vital training like highway and night driving, leading to partially competent drivers.
• The association accused the NTSA of presiding over a "licensing system riddled with corruption and incompetence."
• MAK also criticized traffic police for "rent-seeking roadblocks," allowing dangerous vehicles to proceed after bribes, and being absent from accident blackspots.
• The call follows accelerating road accident rates, with over 15 people dying in the past three days, including 10 fatalities in a bus-shuttle collision on January 5.
• MAK further called for infrastructure improvements like service roads, pedestrian crossings, and dualing of accident-prone corridors such as the Nairobi-Nakuru and Nairobi-Mombasa Highways.

Survivors of a fatal road accident on January 5 along the Nakuru highway, involving a Greenline bus and a Nanyuki Cabs shuttle, claim the crash was caused by the bus driver's reckless driving. The accident, which occurred around 2 AM, has resulted in 10 deaths.

• Ten people confirmed dead: nine at the scene, and one while receiving treatment.
• Survivors at Naivasha District Hospital allege the bus driver was speeding and appeared sleepy, ignoring passenger warnings.
• The bus driver reportedly tried to avoid a Toyota Premio, swerving into the path of a Nissan shuttle, leading to a head-on collision.