In a bid to reduce cases of road accidents in the country, a section of road safety lobby groups are calling for an overhaul of the National Transport and Safety Authority's leadership.
Led by the chairman of the Speed Governors and Road Safety Association, Edward Gitonga, the lobby groups have called on the government to declare road carnage a national disaster and establish strategies to curb it, including a fresh vetting of all NTSA top officials.
The lobby groups are now calling on the newly appointed Transport Cabinet Minister, Davis Chirchir, to mobilise key players to find a permanent solution to the menace. "We want to see professionalism as people are getting vetted from the board of NTSA to the senior officers, we want to see thorough vetting of these positions," Gitonga noted.
Former Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen and the NTSA Board during its inauguration in April 2023 Photo NTSA According to the Secretary General of the Road Safety Association, John Mutisya, cases of road accidents can be resolved if only leaders at the NTSA understand the need for road safety.
