The National Police Service has announced plans to intensify nationwide road compliance checks following a worrying rise in road accidents that have claimed nearly 50 lives in the past two weeks.
In a statement issued on Sunday, NPS spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the service, in collaboration with other stakeholders, will roll out a multi-pronged strategy aimed at curbing the increasing number of crashes. "Our efforts will include speed monitoring of public service vehicles and commercial trucks, enforcement against overloading of goods and excess passengers, cracking down on PSVs operating outside their licensed routes, and conducting anti-drunk-driving operations," the statement read in part.
The police will also remove unlawful lights from motor vehicles, verify licences issued by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), take unroadworthy vehicles off the roads, and assess PSV Sacco compliance to ensure operators meet required safety standards.
The mangled wreck of the bus that overturned at Coptic Roundabout at the Kisumu-Kakamega highway on Friday, August 8, 2025.
