Online Reporter
Latwell Nyangu
THERE is widespread concern that some traffic police and Vehicle Inspection Department officials are letting unroadworthy public transport roam the country’s highways and this is contributing to horror accidents like the one which claimed the lives of 25 people along the Beitbridge-Masvingo highway.
The Urban Connect bus collided with a haulage truck last week.
The Government revealed that the bus didn’t have a valid Passenger Insurance Policy and route permit while the driver had not undergone retesting.
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona suspended Urban Connect’s licence to operate as a public transporting firm.
However, our readers have a lot of questions.
Here are some of them:
Police yedu inongoti nanga nanga ne spare wheel ne reflector apa it’s not a crime kushaya spare wheel. − Sam Sigah
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How did the bus travel without all these requirements yet there are traffic police all over our roads? What will they be checking?− Kutiiju Jekiseni
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ZRP traffic manning the road blocks from Harare to Beitbridge must be suspended and banned. How was the bus operating without those requirements and managed to pass road blocks? − Dumisani Ndlovu
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That’s not the only one, 60% of these passenger buses don’t have proper papers they use $$ that’s why when stopped by police or VID, the conductor rushes to them and give them handshake. − Masauso Chimuka
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Now that it’s clear the bus was operating without proper papers and they employed someone without a retest as required by the law, all affected families must sue the bus company for the loss of their loved ones. − Robert Gono
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The Govt must make sure the same company is not allowed back on the road, this must serve as a stern warning to would-be offenders. − Reader
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Those Traffic officers must be arrested because how can a bus operate for so many years without required papers. What is the use of roadblocks? − Robert Mpofu
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Was this the bus and driver’s maiden voyage on that route? Ndopaunoona police tsika tsika nereflective vest or wheel spanner yet forgoing these critical elements zvamakuita news worth of which it could have been prevented had they done proper road traffic policing. − Stewart Nyamukondiwa
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The problem is nobody is there to enforce all these traffic laws no matter how strict they might sound. The traffic police officers are the most corrupt people in Zimbabwe. − Tawonga Musiiwa
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What is the ZRP doing at all those roadblocks, what are they asking about? − M Ten Mapurisa
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How many roadblocks are there from Harare to Beitbridge, musadaro police. Yet they traveled every day on that same route. − Ccs Kuvanhu
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And there are countless roadblocks on that highway. − Romeo Karombe
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But raifamba daily muroad. It says a lot about our police and VID. − Mathew Chiruka
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Back in the days, ZUPCO buses were driven by 60+ year-olds and accidents like these were rare. − Alick Masori
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So what is V.I.D and ZRP doing on the roads?. − Jasper Kangai
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It just means that money is exchanging hands between bus operators, bus drivers, police and VID. − Ben Sakala
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Why are you not commenting on the possibility of the bus having passed through a number check points. − Japhet Marere
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I think that law enforcement should begin inspecting these buses as they depart from the road port. Our officers at the checkpoints are not meeting our expectations! − Lovemore Andrew Magaso
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And it was operating normally, passing through road blocks after roadblocks. − Malvern Makina Ntopa
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The question is how did it go through scores of traffic police mounted road checks? Why should Urban Connect be suspended when it is clear that this is a criminal offence by association. − Patmos Patmos
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They should also suspend every police officer who was manning roadblocks along that road on the fateful day. Vaitonyorwa bus richidarika every day. − Reason Ben
