Parents warned against making children work as boda boda operators during holidays

This follows a worrying trend experienced in some sections across the country where children have been found engaging in the activity, and in the process getting involved in accidents.

In Bungoma county, the chairperson of the boda boda association, Alex Kisuya, said there has been a surge in cases where parents, who are boda boda operators, give their motorcycles to children to operate in a bid to earn money for them.

“This is wrong and has led to increasing cases of accidents,” he said.

Kisuya warned parents against recruiting their children into the boda boda business, adding that the association will report such cases to the police for action.

In Malindi, cases of students being recruited into the boda boda business during school holidays have also been reported.

However, the boda boda association called for parents to allow their children to focus on their studies and get a chance to rest during the holidays, instead of engaging them in child labour.

“They should be allowed to focus on their studies so that they can get a chance to have access to better work opportunities, rather than ending up working as boda boda riders as well,” the association said.