Roy Transmotors clinches best transporter of the year award

Subjecting their operations to international auditing standards and retraining of hired drivers to conform with set codes of conduct are some of the best practices on road safety that earned Roy Transmotors the best transporters of the year award at the 13th annual road safety dinner held at the Laico Regency hotel.

Many years of service to the transport sector is the key force that saw the company’s executive chairman, Mr Mukhtar Omar, transform Roy Transmotors into an efficient transport service company in Kenya.

Lessons on night driving

“Many drivers in Kenya do not heed traffic rules and regulations. We have laboured to re-train our drivers and teach them the benefits of safe driving”, he said after receiving the award in Nairobi last Friday.

Mr Omar lamented that there were no training schools in Kenya that offer lessons on night driving, yet many Kenyans drive at night.

“At Roy Transmotors, we are sacrificing as much as we can to maintain order on the road”, he said, adding that most of their trucks do not travel at night in line with the law, except for those ferrying perishable commodities.

“Even then, our drivers adhere to traffic laws governing such transportation”, he said.

He added that they have strict laws against drug abuse by drivers and they conduct regular refresher courses to enhance safety awareness.

Mr Omar’s company beat 10 others in the industry to clinch the award for the second time in a row, with the outgoing national road safety director, Mr Alfayo Otuke, congratulating the firm for exemplary service.

Ocean Engeneering, which scooped the overall award for best contribution to road safety, Car Track Ltd, Hakika Transporters and Coast Bus Services, were among the winners.

Narc-Kenya presidential candidate Martha Karua presided over the ceremony.