Habel Amakobe - Secretary & CEO
Habel Amakobe Okema is an accomplished Road Safety Lead Consultant and Team Leader at Pioneer Road Safety Consultants Ltd (PRSC CHECKMATE). As the Group Managing Director and CEO of the company, Habel brings over 18 years of extensive experience in road safety management programs and initiatives across the East African region. Habel began his career in road safety as a Team Leader at the NGP Nairobi LafargeHolcim site, where he dedicated three years to enhancing safety standards.
He subsequently moved to LafargeHolcim Hima Uganda, driving the implementation of national road safety management programs from 2009 until August 2013. Upon returning to Kenya, he took on a leadership role in road safety consultancy for LafargeHolcim. His professional affiliations include membership in the International Safety Council, a global subsidiary of the National Safety Council USA, and the Professional Association of Trainers of Kenya. Habel has collaborated closely with SWRW in Uganda from 2011 to 2013 and in Kenya since late 2013.
He holds several accreditations, including being a LafargeHolcim-certified 12-module Defensive Driver Trainer (2011, 2013) and a Smith Systems Driver Trainer, accredited in April 2015. Additionally, he completed the TapRoot Advanced Investigation Tool for Root Cause Analysis Team Leader course in 2010 and has certification in Occupational Health and Safety Management, including Auditors/Lead Auditor training with Bureau Veritas. Under Habel’s leadership, PRSC CHECKMATE secured a contract in Rwanda to support CIMERWA Cement in implementing road safety management programs from 2022 through April 2024. The firm also provided effective behavioral defensive driver training to BW Company in Rwanda. In the 2018/2019 period, Habel served as Chair of the Road Safety Management Program and the National Transport and Safety Authority initiative, fostering collaboration among road safety stakeholders. Habel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from UNICAF Zambia, having graduated in the class of 2025.