The Commission on Administrative Justice has issued an advisory to road safety agencies to curb rising cases of accidents.
CAJ has issued the advisory to the National Transport and Safety Authority, traffic police and the Kenya National Highways Authority.
In the advisory to NTSA, the commission wants the agency to conduct a research and audit the road safety measures in accident hotspots.
“The National Assembly should develop and implement an impactful safety strategy, which would include erecting a reflective signage with clear exhaustive safety measures,” CAJ chairperson Florence Kajuju said.
CAJ also wants NTSA to intensify road safety awareness programmes and undertake long-term and sustainable safety measures.
For the Police Traffic Department, the commission wants the officers to conduct in-depth investigations into the cause of increasing accidents.
They include vehicle road worthiness and road users indiscipline, among others.
“The department should intensify procedural enforcement function to prevent occurrence of accidents in line with the Traffic Act Cap 409,” Kajuju said in the advisory.
The commission has asked Kenha to undertake road safety audits and ensure impactful interventions.
Interventions include erecting signage, mounting retro-reflective supplements and widening paved shoulders.
Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen said many of the accidents were caused by private motorists.
He said cyclists’ deaths could be attributed to speeding vehicles, dangerous clinging, unsafe changing of lanes, use of mobile phones and failure to wear reflector jackets.
The CS also announced plans to retrain and retest drivers and revamp the driving curriculum.
“We will also roll out the testing of drivers in terms of health standards to ensure they are of sound mind. Inspection of vehicles will also be digitised for easier tracking of the inspection exercises,” he said.
