Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Sunday, November 20, announced that he had formed a special team to streamline the Nairobi County’s transport system.
Speaking during the 2022’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, the county boss noted that the team had representatives from the National Police Service as well as the Nairobi County Government.
Other participants in the committee are representatives of the National Transport and Security Authority (NTSA), the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA), and Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA).
The team was tasked with providing clarity and leadership in the handling of roads around the city as well as the implementation of rules.
“That’s why I’ll work together with the leaders of other relevant institutions to ease the construction and repair of roads, the enforcement of rules, and the restoration of safety and sanity for all who use them.
“In working together, we will address all matters of road safety including the kind of infrastructure we have in the city,” stated the Governor.
He further announced that plans were in high gear to overhaul the transport system around the city to lessen congestion.
He argued that much of the transport system in Nairobi was grown haphazardly hence weakening the services.
“The people of Nairobi pay their rates; they expect their money to be managed prudently, now and for their children. So, we’re going to put together a proper integrated transport plan that takes into account all our needs for safety, for speed, for respect, and constructs infrastructure accordingly.
“We will consult widely. Nairobians will be heard. But this is our commitment: there will be, at long last, a proper public integrated transport plan for our city,” he added.
His speech proceeded his earlier announcement that all school-going children would be accorded free transport by matatus.
He explained that the decision had been reached following an agreement between his Government and matatu saccos across the city to enhance their safety.
Source: kENYANS.CO.KE
