The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has strengthened its collaboration with county governments in an effort to curb the escalating number of road fatalities in the country.
NTSA Director General George Njau said the partnership will see the establishment of County Transport and Safety Committees that will help address road safety and public transport within the counties.
Njau said key pillars for the counties are to improve the lives of their residents, including improved road accessibility networks, serving pedestrian walkways and enhancing motorised services to this effect.
Speaking in Naivasha in a meeting with seven counties from Nakuru, Kakamega, Kericho, Kisumu, Makueni, Nairobi and Siaya, Njau said the counties will play a pivotal role in tackling increased fatalities for road users. "These seven counties lie along the busy Northern Corridor from Mombasa through Nairobi to the Malaba border, which has in the past recorded increased road accidents and will be key in this initiative, " he said.
