adminArron Nyamayaro
WHEN Inter Africa buses founder, Leonard Mukumba, said long distance bus drivers settle scores with their former employers by racing with other drivers on the roads, risking passengers’ lives, no one took him seriously.
Mukumba made these remarks at the CAG Annual Awards last month and now just about a month after his revelation, he has been vindicated by events that led to the accident that claimed the life of a Rimbi Travel and Tours conductor and severely injured seven passengers.
The incident occurred while the Rimbi driver, Penyai Misheck, was racing with a Zebra Kiss bus along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Tuesday.
The dangerous race to pick up passengers was recorded by a passenger and has been circulating on social media since the day of the tragedy.
“We are urging our drivers not to compete for clients on the roads to avoid accidents and save lives. We have discovered the root cause of their racing on roads. Some drivers lose their jobs at one company for some reasons and seek employment at another transporter.
“When he gets the job, he tries to show off by speeding to get more clients to spite his former employer, while risking passengers’ lives.
“Let all drivers value people’s lives and not settle their personal vendettas with their former employers by risking people’s lives,” Mukumba said at the awards.
The officer commanding Harare province operations, Assistant Commissioner Tawoneyi Nyazema, also warned Rimbi owner, Decent Rimbi, for bribing police officers when his drivers are caught violating road traffic rules and regulations.
He warned Rimbi not to bring his kombi operations mentality into long-distance bus transportation.
Online Reporter