Road Safety Strategic Management Practices and Performance of NTSA, Kenya
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https://doi.org/10.47604/ijsm.3584Keywords:
Strategic Management, NTSA, Performance, World BankAbstract
Purpose: The study set to investigate the relationship between road safety strategic management practices and the NTSA performance.
Methodology: The study adopted the descriptive and explorative research design. The usable dataset was composed of primary data collected from the NTSA staff from 15 different branches and offices in Kenya. The study was carried out among the management and technical staff of NTSA situated in 15 branches and numbering 507. The study adopted the statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) for the estimation of the results and findings. The OLS regression models were estimated as the main inferential statistics in this study.
Findings: It was found, that there was a statistically significant relationship between the Road Safety Management Practices and the performance of the NTSA in Kenya.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that there should be promotion of road safety and the civil education (road user’s sensitization) in order to improve the road safety and performance of the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA). It will take the collective efforts of the entire society to promote and enhance safety on the Kenyan roads in order to ensure that more lives are saved and that the number of lives lost in the Kenyan roads are reduced significantly. NTSA should strengthen its roadway safety control mechanisms by investing in modern monitoring technologies, enhancing field inspection systems, and enforcing compliance consistently across all transport sectors. Strengthened control mechanisms will improve accountability, reduce traffic violations, and more so reduce road-crashes.
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