Officials have revealed that the ill-fated bus that crashed at Fort Ternan in Kericho County killing 56 people did not have a speed governor.
The Speed Governors and Road Safety Association has said inspection of the wrecked bus showed it lacked the device, which is a requirement for all public transport vehicles.
The association’s secretary-general Wambugu Nyamu claimed that the bus could have been driven without the device for almost a year as it was last inspected in October 2017.
“We sent our people to the scene and we discovered that the bus did not have a speed governor,” said Mr Nyamu.
Various reports from survivors of the fatal crash indicated that the bus had been over speeding.
Lack of the speed regulator only adds to a myriad of requirements that the bus owned by Western Cross Express had flouted.
It has also been revealed that the bus carried excess passengers, lacked an insurance sticker and did not have a night travel licence. It also emerged that the driver was doing an 800-kilometre round trip.
At the same time, the association has called for the disbandment of the motor vehicle inspection department of the National Transport and Safety Authority as well as the traffic police department.
Mr Nyamu also faulted the traffic police officers along the route claiming that they should have inspected the bus and noticed it lacked vital requirements. “It is the mandate of the motor vehicle inspection department to conduct random crackdowns and for police to conduct inspections along the road. Where were they?” Mr Nyamu added.