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Motorists to be notified of planned crackdowns
What you need to know:
- Mr Kamau thanked the World Bank for the equipment and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination for sending 30 police officers to help in NTSA missions.
- 466 people were killed in road accidents between January and February this year, compared to 447 in the same period last year.
- He was speaking after commissioning teams of road safety enforcement agents comprising National Transport and Safety Authority officials and traffic police officers in Nairobi.
The Transport ministry will be notifying motorists before starting crackdowns on Kenyan roads.
But the crackdown against drunken drivers will not be announced in advance, Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau said yesterday.
He explained that the move was part of the government’s efforts to make it easier for motorists to comply with road safety laws.
“We do not want to ambush anybody,” said Mr Kamau.
He was speaking after commissioning teams of road safety enforcement agents comprising National Transport and Safety Authority officials and traffic police officers in Nairobi.
The CS received 20 hand-held speed detection cameras and three double-cabin pick-up trucks, part of a World Bank donation to NTSA to empower road safety enforcement teams.
“The teams will mainly focus on enforcing laws that seek to reduce accidents. They include speeding, reckless and dangerous driving and not using safety belts.
The CS decried the rising number of road accidents.
He said 466 people were killed in road accidents between January and February this year, compared to 447 in the same period last year.
Mr Kamau thanked the World Bank for the equipment and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination for sending 30 police officers to help in NTSA missions.
