Transport secretary Michael Kamau at a past function. PHOTO | FILE
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Forward Travellers sacco is demanding Sh18 million from Transport secretary Michael Kamau for revoking and suspending licences of some companies involved in installation and sale of speed limiting gadgets.
The PSV sacco wants the High Court to quash the revocation and suspension of licences for the affected companies.
The sacco claims that it fitted the speed governors which had been endorsed by the minister at a cost of Sh40,000 per vehicle, amounting to Sh18 million for 450 vehicles.
A public service vehicle (PSV) firm is demanding Sh18 million from Transport and Infrastructure secretary Michael Kamau for revoking and suspending licences of some companies involved in installation and sale of speed limiting gadgets.
The limiters, commonly referred to as speed governors, are a mandatory requirement for public transport vehicles and commercial cars weighing three tonnes and above.
Forward Travellers Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco) Limited, which mainly plies the city center—Kayole route, said it had already incurred costs in buying and installing the speed gadgets from the firms, which had valid licences from the government, when Mr Kamau suspended and in some instances revoked their licences.
The PSV sacco wants the High Court to quash the revocation and suspension of licences for the affected companies.
The sacco claims that it fitted the speed governors which had been endorsed by the minister at a cost of Sh40,000 per vehicle, amounting to Sh18 million for 450 vehicles.
In a sworn affidavit, Peter Kiige, the chairman of the sacco, said that they fitted the speed limiters and recorders as required by the new transport regulations and only used the suppliers that had been approved by the respondents and approved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs).
He claims that the suspension and revocations set new conditions that affect the applicants’ business without any prior consultations and that the State agencies had failed to involve them in any comprehensive evaluation of the performance of their speed limiters.
It has also sued the National Transport and Safety Authority, Kebs and the Attorney-General.
The State agencies had on January 30, through a joint notice published in newspapers, revoked the approval of four speed limiter firms and suspended 11 others.
The notice warned the public against new installations of speed governors from the firms, adding that the revocations were based on evidence of non-compliance with Kebs’ requirements, while the performance of the suspended brands of limiters was below 50 per cent.
The sacco said in court documents that it was likely to suffer irreparable loss if the decision is not stayed as their vehicles could be denied operating licences from and be impounded.
Frotcom East Africa, a supplier of speed governors has also sued the three State agencies over the revocation of its licence.
Justice Weldon Korir asked the sacco to serve the parties for hearing of the matter next week.
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