1. School transportation shall not be allowed to operate between 10pm and 5am in line with the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2017, effective immediately.
2. All school children MUST be allocated seats with functional seat belts put on at all time.
3, School vans, buses and matatus that are unroadworthy must be removed from the roads with immediate effect.
4. In the implementation of the Intelligent Road Safety Management System (IRSMS), all heavy commercial operators must ensure vehicles with tare weight of 3049 Kgs and above are fitted with speed limiters effective immediately.
5. In compliance with KS 2295:2018 all the 57 licensed speed limiter vendors MUST install approved gadgets that will limit speed, record speed data after every 5 seconds, transmit data to both the NISA and the vendor servers and report violations in real-time.
6. To ensure all public vehicles operate with functional speed limiters, a multi-agency clinic shall be formed to verify and validate ALL speed limiters from 25th April 2023 to 31st May 2023. All stakeholders including public transport operators, speed limiter vendors and the National Police Sewice will be incorporated into this multi-agency exercise.
7. On blackspot management, I wish to direct the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Road Authority (KURA) and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to work expeditiously to complete the ongoing road safety audits on all blackspots and ensure safety interventions, including installation of signage, reflectors, and street lighting within the next 30 days.
Additionally, all infrastructure around schools should be audited and declared school zones with necessary road furniture for the safety of our school children within 6 months.
8. I have further instructed the road agencies to ensure cameras have been installed at all black-spots. The first phase, to be completed within four months.
Section 30(6) of CAP 403 of the Traffic Act provides that "a driver of a public service vehicle or a commercial vehicle shall be required to undergo every three years a driving test under Section 39 successfully as a condition for each renewal of the licence".
Further, Section 105A (1) of the Traffic Act "provides that a driver of a public vehicle or a commercial vehicle shall, after every three years from the date of issue of a driving licence pursuant to Section 30, or renewal of such license, whichever is the case, undergo a physical fitness test, including an eye and hearing test by a qualified medical practitioner".
In the implementation of the above sections, I direct as follows;
i) From 1st June 2023, all PSV drivers and commercial vehicle drivers, upon expiry of their licences, will be subjected to a mandatory driver retest before renewal of the driving licences.
ii) From 1st July 2023, all PSV drivers, and commercial vehicle drivers will be subjected to a mandatory medical fitness test by a qualified medical practitioner before renewal of their driving licences. Additionally, all driver trainees will be expected to provide a medical certificate before administration on the NTSA driver test.
9. On the enforcement of proliferation of substandard products in the automotive industry, it has been noted, from crash investigations report, that most of the crashes were caused by tire burst, brake failure while on high speed, while others were caused by crashing into vehicles mounted with substandard retro-reflective strips thus affecting visibility on the road.
To address this, I have directed NTSA to form a multi-agency enforcement team, bringing together the Anti-Counterfeit Authority, Kenya Bureau of Statistics, and the National Police Service, to weed out distributors and suppliers of substandard products and spare parts.
10. In compliance with the KS 372:2019 on passenger vehicle body construction, I direct immediate enforcement on anti-rolling bars, installation of seat belts and proper anchorage of seats on all public service vehicles including matatus, omni buses and buses.
Additionally, I have tasked NTSA through the motor vehicle inspection unit to validate and take necessary action against non-compliant vehicles.
11. To support post-crash management and in the implementation of Regulation 11 (g) of the PSV Regulations, 2014, all long-distance public service vehicles (PSVs) are;
i) Directed to subscribe to an accident and emergency system with immediate effect. In addition to this, the vehicles are required to prominently display the details of the subscription as public information and for passenger reference.
ii) Additionally, I have instructed NTSA to submit a list of non-compliant public service vehicles and heaw commercial vehicles to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) for assessment of their insurance policies within the next seven days.
iii) In the long term and for effective implementation of the same, I further direct NTSA to work on finalising system integrations between them and the insurance sector for real-time data sharing to assist in compliance and enforcement.
iv) I also direct that ALL motor vehicles owners with expired inspection certificates must present their vehicles to the nearest NTSA centre for fresh assessment of their road-worthiness, within the next 30 days.
2. All school children MUST be allocated seats with functional seat belts put on at all time.
3, School vans, buses and matatus that are unroadworthy must be removed from the roads with immediate effect.
4. In the implementation of the Intelligent Road Safety Management System (IRSMS), all heavy commercial operators must ensure vehicles with tare weight of 3049 Kgs and above are fitted with speed limiters effective immediately.
5. In compliance with KS 2295:2018 all the 57 licensed speed limiter vendors MUST install approved gadgets that will limit speed, record speed data after every 5 seconds, transmit data to both the NISA and the vendor servers and report violations in real-time.
6. To ensure all public vehicles operate with functional speed limiters, a multi-agency clinic shall be formed to verify and validate ALL speed limiters from 25th April 2023 to 31st May 2023. All stakeholders including public transport operators, speed limiter vendors and the National Police Sewice will be incorporated into this multi-agency exercise.
7. On blackspot management, I wish to direct the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Road Authority (KURA) and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to work expeditiously to complete the ongoing road safety audits on all blackspots and ensure safety interventions, including installation of signage, reflectors, and street lighting within the next 30 days.
Additionally, all infrastructure around schools should be audited and declared school zones with necessary road furniture for the safety of our school children within 6 months.
8. I have further instructed the road agencies to ensure cameras have been installed at all black-spots. The first phase, to be completed within four months.
Section 30(6) of CAP 403 of the Traffic Act provides that "a driver of a public service vehicle or a commercial vehicle shall be required to undergo every three years a driving test under Section 39 successfully as a condition for each renewal of the licence".
Further, Section 105A (1) of the Traffic Act "provides that a driver of a public vehicle or a commercial vehicle shall, after every three years from the date of issue of a driving licence pursuant to Section 30, or renewal of such license, whichever is the case, undergo a physical fitness test, including an eye and hearing test by a qualified medical practitioner".
In the implementation of the above sections, I direct as follows;
i) From 1st June 2023, all PSV drivers and commercial vehicle drivers, upon expiry of their licences, will be subjected to a mandatory driver retest before renewal of the driving licences.
ii) From 1st July 2023, all PSV drivers, and commercial vehicle drivers will be subjected to a mandatory medical fitness test by a qualified medical practitioner before renewal of their driving licences. Additionally, all driver trainees will be expected to provide a medical certificate before administration on the NTSA driver test.
9. On the enforcement of proliferation of substandard products in the automotive industry, it has been noted, from crash investigations report, that most of the crashes were caused by tire burst, brake failure while on high speed, while others were caused by crashing into vehicles mounted with substandard retro-reflective strips thus affecting visibility on the road.
To address this, I have directed NTSA to form a multi-agency enforcement team, bringing together the Anti-Counterfeit Authority, Kenya Bureau of Statistics, and the National Police Service, to weed out distributors and suppliers of substandard products and spare parts.
10. In compliance with the KS 372:2019 on passenger vehicle body construction, I direct immediate enforcement on anti-rolling bars, installation of seat belts and proper anchorage of seats on all public service vehicles including matatus, omni buses and buses.
Additionally, I have tasked NTSA through the motor vehicle inspection unit to validate and take necessary action against non-compliant vehicles.
11. To support post-crash management and in the implementation of Regulation 11 (g) of the PSV Regulations, 2014, all long-distance public service vehicles (PSVs) are;
i) Directed to subscribe to an accident and emergency system with immediate effect. In addition to this, the vehicles are required to prominently display the details of the subscription as public information and for passenger reference.
ii) Additionally, I have instructed NTSA to submit a list of non-compliant public service vehicles and heaw commercial vehicles to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) for assessment of their insurance policies within the next seven days.
iii) In the long term and for effective implementation of the same, I further direct NTSA to work on finalising system integrations between them and the insurance sector for real-time data sharing to assist in compliance and enforcement.
iv) I also direct that ALL motor vehicles owners with expired inspection certificates must present their vehicles to the nearest NTSA centre for fresh assessment of their road-worthiness, within the next 30 days.
