{"id":281,"date":"2025-09-08T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udqs.co.ke\/en\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:35:57","slug":"technical-risk-assessment-tra-root-cause-analysis-rca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/udqs.co.ke\/en\/technical-risk-assessment-tra-root-cause-analysis-rca\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Risk Assessment (TRA) &#038; Root Cause Analysis (RCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"281\" class=\"elementor elementor-281\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68698a62 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68698a62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-743a5148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"743a5148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Technical Risk Assessment (TRA) &amp; 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