Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced a number of radical changes to affect motorists and other sector players.
While appearing on Citizen TV on the night of Wednesday, November 2, the CS noted that when the new changes are rolled out, motorists will risk having their licenses revoked for repeatedly breaking traffic rules.
He further noted that plans were in high gear to re-introduce instant fines where motorists would be tracked by cameras mounted on roads and notified via SMS immediately after an accident occurs.
The Ministry is also working on a command center through which police would monitor rogue drivers' activities and record for evidence before slapping them with fines.
"We will move to instant fines immediately to ensure that if you are found committing a traffic offense such as overlapping, we will be able to identify you using the current smart number plates and make sure that you get an SMS directly to your phone telling you that you were found breaking rules and the fine. The cameras will have recorded.
"We will have e-police officers that will be at the command centre monitoring what is happening and making sure that the information is recorded for evidence if need be," stated Murkomen.
He lauded the efficiency of the upcoming technology nothing that it would keep records of repeat offenders whose insurance premiums would be increased while the fines would attract interest.
Murkomen further explained that in case their misbehavior on the roads persists, the motorists would have their licenses revoked and ordered to undergo fresh training.
"We are also working on digitising all information related to the inspection of our vehicles. We are including being able to know which speed Governors were installed at which time.
"In the long run, we hope that our highways will have speed cameras and those that can collect other information related to traffic offenses," he added.
The new transport CS also announced that his office was working to expand inspection centers across the country from the current 30 stations to ensure quality service.
For roll-out, the state will contract private companies.
"We are going to outsource the inspection of vehicles because we only have 30 inspection centers in the country. We plan to have private companies that are going to be given the license to inspect vehicles with strict requirements that a company may be deregistered if they inspect vehicles and let them free," he maintained.
The digitised records will also aid the Ministry in monitoring contractors handling public road projects. The state intends to conclude all ongoing projects within three or four years.
