Roads and Transport Cabinet secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has faulted Kenyans for cheering drivers to overlap while on the road.
Speaking on Friday, May 12, Murkomen said that Kenyans have a culture of pressuring drivers to speed vehicles so that they can their destinations on time.
“As a country, we have a culture of being in a hurry. We must reach somewhere immediately. We are the ones cheering the driver to overlap saying, ongeza speed you are almost there,” said Murkomen.
The Transport CS advised Kenyans to eject drunk drivers from vehicles and demanding to be given alternative drivers to take them to their destinations or to board other vehicles with sober drivers.
"Are you saying that we are so incapable of ejecting that driver from the car and demanding from the Sacco to give you another driver? Are we saying we are incapable of waiting for another car to board than to go with the one which has a drunk driver?" he posed.
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Murkomen's remarks come days after he ordered the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to conduct a national crackdown on rogue matatus.
The operation dubbed Road Safety Clinic, requires motorists to present their National Identification cards for both drivers and conductors as well as their valid licenses.
"The crew is required to produce a speed limiter certificate for the specific vehicle which they are operating in," NTSA said in the notice.
