Transport CS James Macharia, on Monday, appointed six new board members to the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).
The CS, through a gazette notice, announced John Ndege Obwocha, Catherine Njeri Waweru, Alice Chepchumba Chesire, Francis Kirinya Mwongo, Moses Nderitu Gachemi and Meshak Kidenda to the authority's board.
The officials will serve for a period of three years, with effect from February 4, 2019.
The appointments were made after the authority, which was previously under the Ministry of Transport, was put under the Interior docket by President Uhuru Kenyatta through an Executive Order.
The restructuring is an attempt to curb rampant corruption witnessed in the agency.
This was after revelations that NTSA staff were allegedly engaging in corrupt practices that endangered the country’s security.
On Friday, CS Fred Matiang'i convened a crisis meeting with the authority's officials following the increased cases of fake car number plates.
According to detectives, brokers within NTSA act as links between criminal gangs and employees of the motor vehicle registry to facilitate the vice.
“If someone in Nairobi wants a cloned number plate, the registrar will find a vehicle whose owner is located far from the city," an investigator was quoted by the Nation.
Further, the registrar will also ensure that the number plate of the car is not on the police radar.
In the month of January 2019, police impounded 26 vehicles with duplicate number plates.
