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Modern Coast allows parents, students to reschedule their travel plans for free

A Modern Coast bus. (Photo: Handout)

By Mary Wambui | 29 Apr 2024

Those affected will be allowed to reschedule their travel plans by opening their tickets three hours prior to the departure time at no costs.

Parents and students who had booked advance tickets to Mombasa via the Modern Coast Express bus and will not be travelling as scheduled have been given a window to reschedule their travel dates.

In a statement, the bus company called on those affected to open their tickets to allow for the rescheduling after the government postponed the schools' reopening dates to May 6.

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Those affected will be allowed to reschedule their travel plans by opening their tickets three hours prior to the departure time at no costs.

"Owing to the postponement of schools' opening dates by the Ministry of Education due to heavy rains across Kenya, parents and guardians who had advance bookings are hereby requested to open their tickets to be rescheduled to the next travelling date."

"The safety of your child is the government's top priority and as such, they are deploying very expeditious measures in keeping with road safety. Sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused to your plans," the company added.

On Sunday night, the Ministry of Education released a statement announcing a week-long delayed opening of schools following the ongoing heavy rains situation in the country that has caused floods in many areas which have in turn cut off key roads and submerged multiple schools in water.

Mitigate adverse effects

The statement said the delay is to allow relevant agencies and stakeholders to put in place measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the rains and provide regular updates on all developments as pertain to the education sector.

The meteorological department has cautioned that the heavy rains will persist across parts of the country, in the Highlands East/West of the Rift Valley, Lake Victoria basin, Rift Valley, South East lowlands and Northwestern Kenya.

According to the forecast, the North Eastern regions of Marsabit, Mandera. Wajir, Garissa and Isiolo counties will experience sunny intervals on Monday morning, cloudy nights with maximum temperatures getting to 36 degrees centigrade.

On Tuesday, the counties may have a chance of rain over a few places in the morning, sunny intervals in the afternoon and cloudy evenings.

The same will be experienced on Wednesday with temperatures rising to 37 degrees centigrade on Wednesday.

In Nairobi, rains are expected over a few places on Monday morning and showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, with temperatures getting to a maximum of 27 degrees centigrade and a minimum of 12 degrees centigrade,

Similar weather will be experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures rocking 28 degrees centigrade on the two days and lows of 11 degrees centigrade on Wednesday night.

The Ministry of Health has called for vigilance in the ongoing weather as heavy rains pose risks to respiratory illnesses in cold weather as well as waterborne diseases from flooding.