Tag: national transport and safety authority
NTSA Says SGR Train To Ease Traffic Burden & Reduce Accidents
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 31 – The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) says the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train will ease traffic congestion on...
Statistics from NTSA Indicate 6.7% Decrease in Road fatalities
There has been a 6.7 per cent decline in road fatalities as at May this year compared to the same period last year.
Statistics from...
NTSA and traffic police officers sleeping on the job
One of the basic requirements for public service vehicles (PSV) is to have a licence from the Transport Licensing Board, popularly known as TLB....
Sonko case on roundabouts set for May 6
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko was on Thursday given three days to file a substantive application to quash the decision by the Nairobi County Government...
Government to introduce alcoblow on all roads during day time
The government is considering introducing alcoblow gadgets on Kenya’s roads during daytime to net drivers who drink and drive during the day. National Transport...
New Alcoblow Shock Awaits Beer Drinkers
If you are arrested and charged more than twice in a year for drinking too much beer or whisky before getting behind the wheel...
PSV night ban remains for 60 days
The regulation by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) banning night travel for Public Service Vehicles is null and void but will remain...
Night Travel Ban - 25% Reduction in Road Deaths
Kenya’s night travel ban by public service vehicles has resulted in a 25 percent reduction in road accident deaths compared to a similar period...
Passengers Need Mental Check Ups
The headline last week read; Matatu drivers to get mental tests. I can’t seem to swallow this new ‘measure’ to curb the outrageous driving...
New-Generation Number Plates and Smart Licences
In the next two months, there will be new-generation vehicle number plates and smart driving licences, believed to be harder to replicate or forge.
The...
Awareness Campaign: Alcoblow Saves Lives
The drunk-driving awareness campaign, which saw the re-introduction of Alcoblow breathalysers over the festive season, is bearing fruits and road accidents have reduced, Transport...
Kenya: 141 Road Accident Fatalities Recorded
Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau announced the figures at a press conference on Thursday saying that the decline was as a result of the...
Petroleum Transporters to Undergo Special Training
Transporters ferrying petroleum products or hazardous chemicals, will require special training to ensure that they are not a danger to themselves and to other...
Crackdown against unroadworthy vehicles ahead of the festive season.
A transport agency has partnered with police to launch a crackdown against unroadworthy vehicles ahead of the festive season.
National Transport and Safety Authority official...
Kenya Joins The World In Remembering Accident Victims
The Ministry of transport and infrastructure and the traffic police are proposing the enactment of a piece of legislation that will give increased assistance...