New rules to inspect all vehicles have been received with mixed reactions from the vehicle owners in Kiambu.
The government is set to implement rules that all vehicles be inspected annually and be issued with a certificate of inspection that will be displayed on the windscreen by 2015.
This decision made by the government is intended to ensure that only roadworthy vehicles ply the Kenyan roads as the new development is meant to reduce the high rate of road accidents.
According to James Muturi, a businessman with a car in Kiambu, the decision is welcomed where he spelt out that many vehicles cause accidents due to failure in brakes and other faulty parts of a vehicle that are not replaced or re serviced.
“Inspecting vehicles will ensure that unroadworthy vehicles will be kept off our roads and be denied licenses. Motorists will have to regularly service their vehicles to avoid being locked out from being on the road,” said Muturi.
Josephat Mukubwa, a matatu driver who operates along the Kiambu – Nairobi road said that, as a driver he feels confident when he drives a vehicle that is in good condition and concurred with the government’s plan to stop faulty vehicles from operating on roads.
However, Charles Njuguna a businessman who owns a private vehicle said that there is no need to have private vehicles inspected since owners take them for service regularly, adding that no private car owner wants to drive a vehicle that is faulty.
He doubts whether new rules will help reduce road carnage due to corruption and irregularities on the road that hinders the success of the new rules.
Inspection is meant to restore sanity on the roads.