NTSA to Roll Out smart driving licenses soon to improve road safety

Kenyans will in a few weeks start using new smart driving licenses in a move aimed at instilling sanity on the roads.

The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) through a statement said that they are in the final stages of coming up with the smart license before it is officially rolled out adding that the mode of acquiring the license by drivers will be given in due course.

“How to acquire the smart driving license will be made in due course,” read the statement.

The new driving licenses will be fitted with electronic chips that will contain key details of a driver.

The smart driving license will also contain a passport photo of the driver for easy identification.

This is the second phase after the NTSA rolled out a Third Licence Sticker that bears the motor vehicle’s registration and ownership, tax, the chassis number and make, and insurance validation.

The chip technology aims to boost Kenya’s tax revenue and support the safety of the traffic network. It’s implementation will be from January 2018.