The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has been blasted by Kenyans after it revealed that critical registration details of 469 civilian motor vehicles and 178 trailers, tractors, three-wheelers and heavy machinery vehicles, were missing in its records.
In a public notice on Tuesday, NTSA said that twners of the vehicles have to carry with them the original and a copy of the certificate of registration (Logbook), importation documents, national ID and Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number (KRA PIN) certificate and any other documents to prove ownership.
In the meantime, the NTSA has restricted any transactions on the listed vehicles.
Reacting to NTSA’s notice, Kenyans on social media demanded that NTSA staff be investigated.
“This is one organisation that, it seems, is staffed with criminals. From issuing same number plates to various car owners, to missing records in these days of Information Technology is something of concern,” one Kenyan wrote on social media.
In March, NTSA reshuffled its top management which affected 227 staff members.
The changes followed the January 8 Dusit D2 terror attack, where one of the vehicles believed to have been used by the terrorists was found to share registration number with another vehicle.