The Ministry of Roads and Transport has issued a press statement outlining measures to curb the increased cases of road accidents in Kenya.

This comes in the wake of the unfortunate loss of innocent lives, including school children, following tragic road accidents in various parts of the country.

The ministry, through a statement issue by CS Kipchuma Murkomen emphasizes that one life lost is one too many, and it is essential to enhance safety measures, especially now that the schools are closing, and children are traveling home.

All stakeholders, including public transport operators, speed limiter vendors, and the National Police Service, have been urged to cooperate in implementing the outlined measures to curb the increased cases of road traffic crashes in Kenya.

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Murkomen said the minitry will work collaboratively with other Government agencies and stakeholders in the transport sector to put in place stringent measures that enhance road safety and save lives.

Among the measures outlined in the press statement include:

1. Restricting school transportation to operate between 10pm and 5am.

2. Requiring all school children to be allocated seats with functional seatbelts put on at all times.

3. Removing unroadworthy school vans, buses, and matatus from the roads immediately.

4. Fitting all heavy commercial operators' vehicles with speed limiters.

5. Allowing only licensed speed limiter vendors to install approved gadgets that limit speed, record speed data after every 5 seconds, transmit data to both the NTSA and the vendor servers and report violations in real-time.

6. Forming a multi-agency clinic to verify and validate all speed limiters from 25th April 2023 to 31st May 2023.

7. Completing ongoing road safety audits on all blackspots and ensuring safety interventions within the next 30 days.

8. Installing cameras at all blackspots within four months.

9. Conducting mandatory driver retests and medical fitness tests for PSV and commercial vehicle drivers.

10. Forming a multi-agency enforcement team to weed out distributors and suppliers of substandard products and spare parts.

Read the entire statement the ministry issued below: