NTSA Set To Implement New Mandatory Inspections For Designate Vehicles
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced intentions to begin inspecting big commercial vehicles in an effort to minimize the spate of road accidents.
Speaking at a safety awareness campaign in Diani on Sunday, the authority’s board chair, Khatib Mwashetani, stated that such trucks, particularly those weighing more than five tonnes, were responsible for several incidents, prompting the move.
“Heavy commercial vehicles are not compelled to be inspected, but now we are putting on a regulation to ensure each and every commercial vehicle before it finds its way on the road, has to be inspected because they are one of the biggest causes of incidents,” he stated.
He emphasized the need for joint accountability, beginning with pedestrians, bodaboda riders, and even commercial vehicle operators, to reduce the number of traffic mishaps.
According to Mwashetani, part of their effort to lessen the carnage would entail raising awareness among road users such as bodaboda riders.
“We have decided, as NTSA, that the easiest way of communicating and sensitising on issues to do with safety is by coming together,” he added.
“For us to be able to reduce the carnage in the country, we have to obey the law. That is why our focus is mainly on bodabodas and other motorists.”
UPDATE: As an obligation on the part of the Commercial Service Vehicle Operators, the Draft National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Service Vehicles) Regulations, 2025, propose that;
— NTSA KENYA (@ntsa_kenya) January 27, 2025
A commercial service vehicle shall -;
(a) have at minimum, a third… pic.twitter.com/oCzxJtBJWB
The draft titled National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Service Vehicles) Regulations, 2025 outlines eight ideas. It was launched in January 2025.
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Among these were the obligatory third-party insurance coverage and a valid vehicle inspection certificate, followed by the installation of a speed limiter that met Kenyan norms.
All commercial vehicles would be required to have a telematics system and retro-reflective contour markings that were at least two inches wide.
Where applicable, commercial vehicles should be equipped with underride protection systems at the rear and sides.
The other two requirements were that every commercial vehicle have an extinguisher and a first-aid kit inside, in an immediately accessible location.
NTSA Set To Implement New Mandatory Inspections For Designate Vehicles
