MP wants NTSA disbanded over road carnage

MP wants NTSA disbanded over road carnage

Mwingi Central MP Gideon Mulyungi has vowed to sponsor a motion to disband the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) once Parliament resumes session early next year.

This follows the alarming rate of accidents in the country especially during this festive season, including Saturday’s horrific accident at the infamous Migaa blackspot which claimed 36 lives after a bus collided head on with a trailer just 3km from scene of another deadly crach at Sachangwan.

In an interview with the press at his Kalisasi home, the legislator said that the main reason behind formation of NTSA was not that more people continue dying on the roads, but to stop killings on Kenyan roads.

Dr Mulyungi said that NTSA has allowed too many people to die in road accidents so far without taking appropriate measures hence it should be disbanded and reconfigured to ensure that it operates effectively.

The Mwingi Central lawmaker cited corruption and collusion between NTSA officers and the police as some of the reasons behind rising deaths on Kenyan roads.

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