Kenyan motorists will begin to use the long promised digital driving licences in two months’ time after the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) signed a Sh2.1 billion contract with the National Bank of Kenya for their supply. NTSA director-general Francis Meja said the contract had been signed for manufacture and formulation of smart digital licences that will among other things carry a detailed driver profile, which includes traffic breaches.
National Bank won the tender in 2015, defeating 22 companies that had also lodged bids to supply the second generation licences that had been slated to come online mid-last-year.
