The planned registration of 2.5 million bodaboda riders will start today across the country.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi said Principal Secretaries will preside over the exercise at all Huduma Centers with a primary objective of issuance of Smart Driving Licences to qualified riders to streamline the sub sector and to promote road safety and security for the operators and users of their services.
The exercise will be conducted within 60 working days and a registered boda boda rider will be issued with a Smart Driving License within the period upon the processing of registration information.
To register, a rider must present himself/herself in person and have original ID card, a copy of KRA PIN number and an active registered phone number.
President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the nationwide crackdown of all operators following a horrifying incident where riders sexually assaulted a female driver on Wangari Maathai Road in Nairobi.
This prompted the registration.
There will be vetting of all the riders and they will have smart licenses and join Saccos.
The smart card licenses that will be issued to all bodaboda riders will have NHIF details of the holders.
