NTSA wants road crashes declared national disaster after deadly Mtito Andei crash

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 25 — The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has called for road crashes to be declared a national disaster following a head-on collision at Mtito Andei…

The authority said Kenya’s road safety crisis had reached emergency levels, with approximately 20,000 crashes claiming more than 5,000 lives annually, and urged the government to mobilise resources and coordinate enforcement across public institutions.

In its appeal, NTSA said declaring road crashes a national disaster would enable the government to mobilise adequate funding, coordinate interventions and impose measurable safety targets across road agencies, the National Police Service, the health sector and county governments.

“Road safety is not just a transport issue; it is a national development and security priority,” the authority said.

The latest crash occurred at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday at Kanga, about 10 kilometres east of Mtito Andei along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, when a church bus collided head-on with a commercial truck.

Source: Capital FM