The Kenyan government has launched a new initiative to curb the alarming rise in road accidents by developing a national database to monitor traffic incidents. This project, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will employ big data and digital intelligence to modernize accident recording and investigation.

• The new system aims to transform road safety management into a proactive, data-driven model, identifying high-risk areas and understanding crash causes.
• Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo met with JICA's Chief Representative Shinkawa Makoto and Deputy Chief Representative Satoshi Hamano on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, to review the project's progress.
• The initiative comes as Kenya reported approximately 80 fatal accidents in the first three weeks of August alone, prompting a multi-agency probe into accident-prone areas.