A man has petitioned the court to block the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) from considering renewing George Njao’s contract for another three years.
Edwin Oduor Were also wants the court to order NTSA to appoint competent people on a competitive basis for the position of director general of NTSA.
He claims that Njao’s contract expired last October and that he has applied to have it extended for another three years.
He also claims that Were has supervised the authority through deliberate mismanagement, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Kenyans as a result of road carnage, which could have been avoided if proper leadership had been provided and the authority had functioning systems.
“The interested party has throughout his tenure as the DG failed the target set for him as the DG to achieve during his tenure yet the board has not bothered to take actions at all and has without shame recommended renewal of his contract as the DG of the authority,” reads court papers.
Njao has been named as an interested party in the case.
Respondents include the NTSA board of directors and the Ministry of Roads and Transport.
