General Background According to the Annual Accident Report by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) for the financial year 2018/2019, there were a total of 3,409 lives lost on Kenyan roads as at 30th December, 2019 compared to 3,004 lives during a similar period in the previous year. These numbers are in line with …
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Road transport safety is significantly less developed than that of rail, water and air. The average individual risk of fatality in relation to the distance covered is thirty times higher in road transport that in the other modes. This is according to an article “Tools for Road Infrastructure Safety Management- the Polish Experience” (2014- available …
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The rate of accidents on our roads has been on the rise and at an alarming rate. Kenyan roads are fraught with daily fatal accidents. With a reported annual road accident mortality rate of around 3, 000 people annually, we are presently losing about 10 people daily on our roads. The vast majority of the …
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What is public procurement? Under Section 2 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as “the PPADA” or “the Act”), “public procurement” means procurement by procuring entities using public funds. In the same section, “procurement” is defined to mean acquisition by purchase, rental, lease, hire purchase, license, tenancy, franchise, or …
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Gerivia Advocates LLP is ecstatic about this new development, the procurement of a Private Jet to ease access to the firm’s clients in far flung areas and private resorts. Despite the Firm being quite new in the market and the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the firm has beaten all odds to acquire a …
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Part I of this article on review of the National Aviation Management Bill, 2020 (hereinafter the Bill) focused on provisions of the Bill as contained in the clauses/sections and highlighted the main areas of concern. The second part of this article will focus on the Schedules of the Bill which contain provisions that seek to …
Introduction On 28th September 2020, Gerivia Advocates LLP, amongst other law firms and organisations, were invited to Parliament by the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, which is Chaired by Honourable David Losiakou Pkosing, to make submissions on the National Aviation Management Bill, 2020 (hereinafter the Bill). This invitation emanated from the submission …
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