The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) proposes to inspect all vehicles on Kenyan roads that are more than 4 years old, at a cost to the motorists. While inspecting vehicles with a view to ensuring their suitability on the road is a welcome move, it does not escape us that the NTSA has had very little impact in improving road safety.
Road deaths in 2015 rose to 3,057 compared to 2,907 in 2014. This, needless to say, is one of the indicators that NTSA has been performing below par.