Workplace safety falls under the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services, which is entrusted with the safety, health and welfare of all persons at the workplace. Workplace safety falls under the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services (DOSHS), which is entrusted with the safety, health and welfare of all persons at the workplace. This includes bodies such the National Transport & Safety Authority (NTSA) and the National Construction Authority (NCA)—which address safety in the transport and the construction sectors, respectively. SAFETY CHALLENGESWith the mushrooming of such bodies in a country suffering serious safety challenges, a holistic approach to safety and security becomes even more fragmented in the long run. Kenya ought to borrow a leaf from the developed countries on how to address safety and security through practical and realistic formations of safety entities that have been domesticated to address the practical safety challenges it faces.

Source: Daily Nation September 14, 2017 18:11 UTC