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Use idle number plate equipment at prison
The new digital number plates with a QR code, hologram, NTSA serial number (front different from back plate) and Kenyan flag. PHOTO | MARY WAMBUI | NMG
The Auditor-General report shows that the machines the Prisons Department procured to produce modern number plates have been idle for the past six years at Kamiti Maximum Prison.
The government in August launched new digital number plates and directed motorists to apply for them or risk legal penalties.
The State agencies involved should fast-track the implementation of the microchip-embedded number plates.
The digital number plates will earn the Treasury more than Sh12 billion in application fees, curb the duplication that criminals and tax evaders use, help track traffic rule offenders and trace stolen vehicles, among other benefits for the State and motorists.
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