{"id":974225,"date":"2022-02-03T00:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/ntsa-starts-campaign-to-boost-road-safety-among-learners-in-five-counties\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:16:24","slug":"ntsa-starts-campaign-to-boost-road-safety-among-learners-in-five-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/ntsa-starts-campaign-to-boost-road-safety-among-learners-in-five-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"NTSA starts campaign to boost road safety among learners in five counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sdsgnov1zgbch61fad53d3d4a5.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>Truck Drivers getting screened for Covid-19 at Kibwezi junction (BP) along Mombasa-Nairobi highway.<\/strong> [File]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is targeting 90 schools in Makueni County with a new campaign to enhance safety for road users, especially learners.\n<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Usalama Barabarani<\/em>\u00a0campaign will also cover\u00a0Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Kericho counties. <\/p>\n<p>Most of the schools targeted in Makueni are located along major roads and highways, according to NTSA Lower Eastern regional director\u00a0Rosyln Oloo.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ms Oloo said the five had reported the most road accidents annually.<\/p>\n<p>At least 200km of Mombasa-Nairobi highway are in Makueni, which puts many, including learners, at risk when crossing the road.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"EcpWftnpN_s\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NTSA introduces a Boda Boda training programme, training to be conducted with aid of the NYS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EcpWftnpN_s?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Most accidents have been attributed to human error, majorly carelessness by drivers. <\/p>\n<p>NTSA has also listed Kibwezi-Kitui, Wote-Makindu and Wote-Machakos roads as dangerous to students.\u00a0\u201cWe want to increase awareness through sensitising school-going children, who we will give lollipop signs and bag covers,\u201d said Oloo\n<\/p>\n<p>Lollipop signs will be assigned to school captains to assist other learners to cross roads.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001436337\/ntsa-starts-campaign-to-boost-road-safety-among-learners-in-five-counties\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truck Drivers getting screened for Covid-19 at Kibwezi junction (BP) along Mombasa-Nairobi highway. [File] The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is targeting 90 schools in Makueni County with a new campaign to enhance safety for road users, especially learners. The\u00a0Usalama Barabarani\u00a0campaign will also cover\u00a0Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Kericho counties. Most of the schools targeted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":974226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3887],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}