The government has been keen on bringing back to sanity on the roads. The NTSA which has since been put under the Ministry on Interior security is seemingly rising up to the task in arresting the issue latest being the Chepsir incident.
The National Transport and Safety Authority has permanently revoked the license of the driver who was involved in an accident that claimed eight lives at Chepsir along Kericho-Nakuru Highway where two students lost their lives at Sobea, along Eldoret-Nakuru fighway on yesterday.
NTSA permanently revoked the licence of the trailer’s s driver Abdulle Ali Mohamed on Monday citing negligence on his side.
“Following the fatal crash involving a trailer KBHJ/ZF 8069 belonging to multi-Energy Limited, NTSA has permanently revoked the license of the driver Abdulle Ali Mohamed,” read part of the statement.
NTSA stated that preliminary investigations into the cause of the crash indicated the driver was descending in the climbing lane towards oncoming traffic without due care causing a head on collision with a PSV matatu belonging to South Rift Sacco.
“The revocation was necessitated by the fact that the driver is a danger to all road users and should never be allowed to drive on Kenyan roads,” NTSA Director General Francis Meja said in a statement.
NTSA summoned officials of the Green Line Bus Company whose bus was involved in an accident with a trailer killing nine passengers at Kamara area on Sunday morning.
“We have summoned officials of the bus company to appear before the authority on February this week. The authority shall take an appropriate action after the meeting,” he said.
The two accidents happened in a span of four days as two students died on the spot and 10 injured after a PSV matatu rammed into a parked truck at Sobea , 8kilometres to the Salgaa notorious black spot along Eldoret-Nakuru Highway.
The matatu belonging to Western Sacco was heading to Nakuru from Eldoret when the accident happened.
The two accidents happened in a span of four days as two students died on the spot and 10 injured after a PSV matatu rammed into a parked truck at Sobea , 8kilometres to the Salgaa notorious black spot along Eldoret-Nakuru Highway yesterday.
The matatu belonging to Western Sacco was heading to Nakuru from Eldoret when the accident happened.