Cliff Oketch Onyango will lead the ITEC project

ITEC Engineering Kenya is preparing for an iRAP survey along four corridors managed by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), supporting implementation of the country’s National Road Safety Plan.

The 600km post-construction assessment will include:

• Coastal Corridor: Mombasa/Likoni – Lunga Lunga – Minjila (A7) Road
• Jn A1 Kisii – Sotik – Jn A2 Kericho (B6) Road
• Jn B6 Kaplong – Bomet – Narok (B7) Road
• Jn A2 Makutano – Embu (B25) Road & Embu – Meru – Lewa (A9) Road

Kenya’s 2024-2028 Road Safety Action Plan, launched by His Excellency President William Ruto in April, includes iRAP indicators for road infrastructure safety.

The Plan outlines for iRAP assessments to be undertaken of Class A, B and C paved roads, and major urban road networks in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, and Nakuru, to identify high-risk road sections.

The assessments will provide feedback on progress made on the Northern Corridor since the last iRAP survey in 2009 and provide critical and current insight into the safety of all road users, particularly vulnerable pedestrians and motorcyclists.

Safer Road Investment Plans will be developed to prioritise evidence-based safety improvements and inform road authority projects.

National capacity building in road safety engineering techniques and management will include a focus on the iRAP methodology and tools.

ITEC’s survey marks an important step in implementing the Plan.

It’s an exciting time for Kenyan road safety. Kenya is host to the upcoming African Road Safety Seminar which will provide focus and foundation for regional plans for the second half of the Decade of Action for Road Safety.

iRAP is supporting the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), in association with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), to coordinate the two-day Seminar from 8-9 October in Nairobi.

For more information on the Seminar, click here.