By Rawlings Otieno
Transporters now have a reason to smile after the Government increased the maximum axle load limit allowable in Kenya.
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau said the ministry would publish a gazette notice to harmonise the axle load limits to 56 tonnes.
The move could bring down the cost of transportation within the region by 50 per cent. The gazette notice once published will conform to the East African Community Vehicle Axle load control Bill 2013 that has already been tabled before the East African Legislative Assembly for enactment.
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The EAC Vehicle Axle load control Act will override the individual member state laws and the member states will be expected to realign the respective laws to the Act within a period of one year.
Kamau also directed Kenya Ports Authority and other government agencies in the transport sector to comply with the axle load control requirements to make the implementation a success.
The implementation of the axle load control limit is applied per single axle, group axle and Gross Vehicle Weight as provided under the Traffic Act Cap 403 that will be used across various weighbridges. The ministry has put in place a raft of measures to allow axle load control weighing through the existing conventional methods.
“Weighing will now be based on single axle, group axle and gross vehicle weight,” said Kamau.
