Baringo governor bans use of county vehicles at night

By Robert Kiplagat

Baringo, Kenya: Baringo Governor Benjamin Cheboi has banned night travel using county vehicles.

At the same time, Mr Cheboi has ordered that all motor vehicles be fitted with trackers for easy monitoring on the usage.

The governor directed the County Department of Transport and Infrastructure to impose the ban, saying most accidents occur at night.

“I direct that all the county vehicles are fitted with car trackers for ease of monitoring and quick response in case of an accident,” he said.

Cheboi, who issued the directive barely a week after five Members of County Assembly (MCAs) were involved in a road accident after colliding with The Standard Group vehicle said the car trackers would enable the county to know the speed of the vehicle and its location in case of an accident.

He also said the vehicles should not carry unauthorised passengers so as to avoid situations where the insurance company fails to compensate in case of an accident.

During the Tuesday evening accident at Sesia near Kabarnet, the four-seater vehicle was carrying two excess passengers.

Corrupt activities

Cheboi was speaking during the swearing in of the County Secretary Stella Kereto and Thomas Lenongonop, member of the Public Service Board (PSB).

The PSB is now complete with the entrance of Lenongonop, who represents the minority Ilchamus community, as the county also gets the first secretary.

Cheboi expressed optimism that his executive team would strive to improve the county’s development.

He said his government would come up with the code of conduct for all county employees for efficiency in service delivery and warned those who would engage in corrupt activities would be sacked.

The County Executive Committee members, he said, should take keen interest on implementation of ongoing projects to ensure that contractors do not do shoddy work. “We need value for taxpayers’ money,” said Cheboi.