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Trucks to be fitted with monitoring gadgets to boost road safety

Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi, on August 14, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard

The government plans to have long-distance trucks fitted with telematics in the drivers’ cabin in an effort to boost road safety. A telematics system is a tracking device that captures and transmits data about a vehicle's location, speed, and performance.

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