Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has released a set of regulations proposed by his ministry to reduce the number of road accidents in the country.
Speaking during Interdenominational Prayers for Londiani Junction accident victims, Kericho County, the CS stated that all Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), as well as school buses and vans, must be equipped with dashboard cameras and vehicle telematics.
“Telematics will have a GPS system showing where a vehicle will be at any particular time, it will have a black box recorder that will be transmitting the speed of every vehicle at every time.
“It will show the location of every vehicle and show when and who maintained the vehicle. It will show where the vehicle was serviced and who serviced the vehicle,” he stated.
Murkomen stated that dashboard cameras should have a link to the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) website, and that all government ministries should be able to access the service at the touch of a button where a vehicle will be. The cameras will be installed in the front and rear of the vehicle.
“All the Saccos must be enrolled in the application so that when you carry a child heading to Nairobi, the application can show where it is at any given time and the speed at which it is going, as well as details of the driver,” he stated.Â
Murkomen stated that the dashboard cameras will not cost more than Ksh30,000.
“If you will spend Ksh30,000 and below to fit this equiment, let it be, we will save many lives,” Murkomen asserted.Â
The new regulations were enacted after a truck rammed into several matatus and an open-air market in Londiani, Kericho County.
