A section of Kenyans on Thursday took a swipe at Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale after his newly acquired Prado was spotted bearing a similar number plate to another car.
The vocal lawmaker had earlier in the day shared footage of him riding in his new machine when eagle-eyed Kenyans spotted the car’s registration number.
His vehicle's number plate was captured after he made a stop near the Nabkoi forest in Uasin Gishu County while travelling from Nairobi to Kakamega.
Moments later, an image of another car with the same number plate was shared online, raising eyebrows on why two vehicles owned by two different people could have the same number plate.
Kenyans.co.ke reached out to an official at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) who clarified that it was not possible for such to happen.
According to the officer, the purpose of a vehicle's number plate is to uniquely identify each and every vehicle within the country. In his view, it is therefore impossible for two vehicles to have the same registration number.
“This can not happen, it is like an Identity card number. It can not be shared by two individuals,” commented the Authority's officer.
However, efforts to reach the vibrant senator to clarify the matter were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, it is not the first time such an incident has been witnessed in the country. In 2020, police officers in Nairobi were forced to investigate a case where two vehicles were reported to bear the same registration number.
The anomaly came to national limelight after one of the vehicle owners notified the officers after he spotted another vehicle with the same registration number as his vehicle.
Upon enquiry, the owner of the other vehicle told the police that he bought his Toyota Harrier from a local dealer a week before he was cornered by the officers.
When further investigations were conducted, the officers concluded that the mix-up might have originated from the NTSA offices where the plates were processed.
