The proposed changes to the law are contained in a Bill tabled in Parliament by Majority Leader Aden Duale last week.
This come amid a suit compelling the NTSA to halt plans requiring driving schools and drivers of public service vehicles to undergo mandatory vetting.
The agency had given driving schools and PSV drivers 14 days to comply or have their licences revoked in a fresh push to curb road carnage.
Activist Okiya Omtatah moved to court, arguing that the Traffic (Driving Schools & Instructors) Rules 2017, were against public interest and could not be implemented by most schools.
The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) will be in charge of administering driving tests, if proposed changes to the Traffic Act are adopted.
Currently, driving tests are administered by examiners appointed by Transport secretary through a notice in the Gazette.
The proposed changes to the law are contained in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2018 tabled in Parliament by Majority Leader Aden Duale last week.
“The Bill seeks to amend section 39 so that driving tests are conducted by the National Transport and Safety Authority,” reads the bill.
The reviews to the law come amid a suit compelling the NTSA to halt plans requiring driving schools and drivers of public service vehicles to undergo mandatory vetting.
As part of the vetting, the NTSA had demanded that matatu operators provide details of their mechanics, their route inspectors, office managers and account clerks.
The agency had given driving schools and PSV drivers 14 days to comply or have their licences revoked in a fresh push to curb road carnage.
Activist Okiya Omtatah moved to court, arguing that the Traffic (Driving Schools & Instructors) Rules 2017, were against public interest and could not be implemented by most schools.
He said the rules were made without effective public participation, which according to him, was tantamount to harassing the driving schools and operators of public vehicles.
Kenya is ranked among countries with the worst road safety records globally based on a 2015 World Health Organisation (WHO) report titled the Global Status on Road Safety.
One of the worst road accidents last year occurred near the Salgaa blackspot along the Nakuru-Eldoret road claiming 36 lives.
The accident involved a bus belonging to Matunda sacco and a truck. Government records show that about 3,000 Kenyans die from road accidents annually, a figure the WHO differs with and places at 12,000.
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