This paper is focused on safety of school transportation. The paper draws from an analogy of the yellow-fever disease to show that while the Kenya school transport regulations requiring all school transportation vehicles to be painted in yellow gives visibility to the vehicles, it does not fully guarantee the safety of children. The paper analyses Kenya’s school transport policy, media reports and secondary data related on children travel to school. The sporadic directive to paint all school transport vehicles in yellow color gripped the schools and like the yellow fever disease, did not address other safety issues affecting children travelling to school. Schools were no longer allowed to ferry children to school in vehicles painted in yellow. Consequently, and in a panic mode, the schools painted their vehicles in yellow to comply with the regulations. However, vehicle maintenance and other safety issues were not paid attention to. Consequently, road crashes and fatalities involving school transportation remain a concern despite the vehicles being painted in yellow. Also, the regulation is not uniformly applied as some school buses are painted in varying colors especially for secondary schools. The directive leaves out alternative school transport modes that are used by children. The paper concludes that while the directive increased awareness and visibility of school transportation in Kenya, there is for comprehensive school transport and safety guidelines that include other modes used by children like public transport, walking and cycling; as well other safety aspects such like vehicle maintenance and crew behavior.