Interior cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has convened a crisis meeting following the increased cases of fake car number plates.
On Friday last week, he met commissioner of prisons Isaiah Osugo and National Transport and Safety Authority boss (NTSA)Francis Meja to review progress on the implementation of new-generation number plates.
The roll-out of the new-generation number plates was planned for 2015 but this was later pushed to 2018.
They were to be launched in September last year after the roll-out had been approved by former Attorney General Githu Muigai.
The Prisons Department signed contracts with suppliers in 2017 under then-PS Richard Ekai and Osugo and materials were delivered to Kamiti prison.
However, wrangling in the Ministry of Interior has undermined the programme.
According to sources at the Prisons Department, the country could soon face a crisis since reflective foils for the current number plate are obsolete and the only company in United States that makes them has ceased production.
The proposed number plates will have anti-counterfeit features that include holograms, watermarks, and laser markers.
According to Sunday Nation, all materials have been supplied and the only remaining component is a laser printer validation machine.
“There has been a delay in supply and delivery of raw materials and license plates laser marking machine due to the prolonged court cases,” Osugo stated.
