State Department for Transport

State Department for Transport
Functions
  • Transport Policy Management;
  • Rail Transport and Infrastructure Management;
  • Fast Tracking Identified Northern and LAPPSET Transport Corridor Projects;
  • Oversight and Co-ordination of Northern Corridor Transport and Lamu South Sudan Ethiopia Transit (LAPSSET) Programmes Implementation;
  • Civil Aviation Management and Training;
  • Registration and Insurance of Motor Vehicles;
  • Motor Vehicles Inspection;
  • National Transport Safety;
  • National Road Safety Management;
  • National Roads Transport Policy;
  • Axle Load Control Policy and Standards;
  • Development and Maintenance of Air Strips; and
  • Oversee the establishment of an integrated, efficient, effective and sustainable Urban Public Transport system within the Nairobi Metropolitan Area.
Institutions
  • Kenya Railways Corporation (Kenya Railways Corporation Act, Cap. 397)
  • Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Co-ordination (NCTTCA) 
  • LAPSSET Development Authority (State Corporations Act, Cap. 446, Gazette Notice-2013)
  • Kenya Airports Authority (Kenya Airports Authority Act, Cap. 395)
  • Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (Civil Aviation Act, No. 21 of 2013)
  • East African School of Aviation (Civil Aviation Act, No. 21 of 2013)
  • Kenya Ports Authority (Kenya Ports Authority Act, Cap. 391)
  • National Transport and Safety Authority (The National Transport and Safety Authority Act, No. 33 of 2012)
  • The Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (The Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Order, 2016)
  • The Railway City Development Authority
  • Railway Training Institute
Divisions

Air TransportThe department issues approvals for scheduled flights, develops and formulates policies and regulations which govern operations in the air transport industry including negotiation for relevant MoU's, BASA and International Conventions in the aviation industry. The department also facilitates rehabilitation and maintenance of airstrips and airport expansion and modernization;

Air Accident TransportAircraft Accident Investigation is a state function, obligated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Convention to which Kenya is a signatory. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department (AAID) is Kenya's national aircraft accident investigation agency. The department investigates aircraft accidents and incidents in accordance with Annex 13 to the Convention.... 

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Shipping and MaritimeThe department is charged with formulation of maritime transport and shipping policies coordinating and monitoring of ports development and facilities improvement, ratification of International Maritime conventions and maritime related agreements. The department exercises oversight responsibility over Kenya Ports Authority.

Road & RailThe Road division is responsible for policy and regulations development on the road transport operations in the country. It provides oversight responsibility over NTSA.
The division is responsible for facilitating provision of efficient rail transportation services through policy and regulation development; oversight role on service delivery in railway sub-sector; coordinate railway planning and investment programmes; and implementation of LAPSSET (Railway and Lamu port components).

Kenya enacted the Climate Change Act in 2016 to provide a regulatory framework for enhanced response to climate change, to provide for mechanism and measures to achieve low carbon climate development. The Act requires all the state agencies to establish climate change units to implement climate change duties highlighted in the Act. Through this law, Kenya joined the league of other nations who have taken measures to domesticate the Paris Agreement. As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, Kenya communicates its climate change targets through the Nationally Determined Contribution.

Our vision: To be a leader in emission reduction and climate change adaptation while providing transport infrastructure services for sustainable social economic development.

Our mission:  To mainstream climate change mitigation and adaptation in transport functions.