A video of interior Cabinet Secretary with police inspecting vehicles has emerged.
The CS had joined traffic cops who were inspecting matatus in the ongoing crackdown to ensure they comply with the National Transport and Safety Authority Act 2013, and the Traffic Act.
Breaking Rules
A matatu driver was stopped by a Traffic police officer and ordered out of his vehicle for not wearing his uniform and not displaying his PSV insurance, licence of operation on the windscreen.
Last month the government announced the return of the dreaded Michuki Rules, to tame rogue matatu drivers in the wake of concerns over increasing road accidents.
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Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and his Interior Counterpart promised that the rules, introduced by the no-nonsense powerful Cabinet minister John Michuki in 2003, would be enforced with more ruthlessness and discipline.
Public service vehicles were required to be fitted with speed governors, safety belts and painted with a yellow line.
All PSV drivers and conductors were asked to wear uniforms and badges and prominently display their photos in the vehicles.
Human Negligence
A staggering 91 per cent of the crashes are attributed to human-related circumstances such as speeding, reckless driving, dangerous overtaking and drink driving, tendencies which the government hopes to curtail by enforcing the Michuki Rules.
Road accidents have been on the rise this year and have killed 8,000 people in the last three years.
Matatu owners, drivers, conductors, and passengers were given until November 12 to comply with the rules, the NTSA Act 2013, and the Traffic Act.