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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2007 Posts: 8,776 Location: Cameroon
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In 2 months TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2007 Posts: 8,776 Location: Cameroon
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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Great, I hope they meet the target of 2 months!!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/11/2008 Posts: 2,306
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Hope this happens. Our licenses are crap. The ki-thing cannot fit into a wallet. Nkt The number plates are even worse. Some are usually printed kombo and really look awful. Even South Sudan has nicer number plates Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/8/2013 Posts: 4,068 Location: At Large.
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Robinhood wrote:Hope this happens. Our licenses are crap. The ki-thing cannot fit into a wallet. Nkt
The number plates are even worse. Some are usually printed kombo and really look awful. Even South Sudan has nicer number plates What do you expect when they use unskilled cheap labour in Kingongi, kodiaga, Kamiti, Shimo...etc. This is good news and hope it works. Waiting yo hear ftom Keter though. Love is beautiful and so are those who share it.With Love, Marriage is an amazing event in ones life time, the foundation of joy, happiness and success.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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expect a high cost of replacement
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/12/2008 Posts: 1,178
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/24/2013 Posts: 185 Location: Diaspora
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In some countries, they allow use of foreign driving licences for those who are not nationals of the host country.
It's very humiliating to take out the ugly Kenyan DL and show it to a traffic officer. That thing is so ugly, one mzungu loudly wondered what country was so backward as to use this type of licences. Thankfully, I got a new licence...same size as a credit card. Only use the Kenyan licence when I'm back home.
As for the number plates, the less said the better.
I support this initiative by the transport ministry.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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Good step but in the wrong direction! There is nothing wrong with the existing driver's license apart from the bulkiness! The problem is in the process of acquiring one. There are no guidelines of what drivers must be taught before appearing for a test. The test itself is a sham - 30seconds driving for 20m and the incompetent examiner certifies the equally incompetent learner! We need to re-engineer the the driver training and testing policy first, then and only then should we start thinking about re-designing the license. Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/1/2010 Posts: 3,024 Location: Hapa
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majimaji wrote:
expect a high cost of replacement
true...but it's about time. @Bigchick, you are right re unskilled. Other countries also use prisoners to make plates but clearly they have skills.  Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Ali🐝
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/11/2010 Posts: 918
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Long overdue, I say. @mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management. As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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seppuku wrote:Long overdue, I say.
@mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management.
As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. I still maintain it's a small inconvenience that carries a 100-bob fine (I've also been caught without it for same reasons, most times I'm able to talk my way out but on two occasions I was booked and that's how much I was fined in court). My worry is that we are tackling motoring the disease cosmetically. Will a smart-card license improve the competence of drivers? What do we gain from laser-printed number plates when the numbering system is a meaningless sequential series that carries no information about the vehicle? Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Some are already sitted somewhere looking for how to eat out of this...Wait for a big scandal soon....All in all, its a good one. Not just for cosmetic purposes, but if its purely modernised, and it stores all your information as a driver, including penalties n such, it will be used to punish those errant drivers. Well, at least some of them.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/1/2009 Posts: 1,883
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mukiha wrote:seppuku wrote:Long overdue, I say.
@mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management.
As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. I still maintain it's a small inconvenience that carries a 100-bob fine (I've also been caught without it for same reasons, most times I'm able to talk my way out but on two occasions I was booked and that's how much I was fined in court).My worry is that we are tackling motoring the disease cosmetically. Will a smart-card license improve the competence of drivers? What do we gain from laser-printed number plates when the numbering system is a meaningless sequential series that carries no information about the vehicle? when was that? currently you would be lucky to get away with anything less than 10k. never a small inconvenience.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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mkenyan wrote:mukiha wrote:seppuku wrote:Long overdue, I say.
@mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management.
As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. I still maintain it's a small inconvenience that carries a 100-bob fine (I've also been caught without it for same reasons, most times I'm able to talk my way out but on two occasions I was booked and that's how much I was fined in court).My worry is that we are tackling motoring the disease cosmetically. Will a smart-card license improve the competence of drivers? What do we gain from laser-printed number plates when the numbering system is a meaningless sequential series that carries no information about the vehicle? when was that? currently you would be lucky to get away with anything less than 10k. never a small inconvenience. @Mkenyan, Mukiha is right, the fine is 100/=, before the new law came into place you were required to produce at any police station within 24hrs!!!! @Mukiha, I get your argument, but they are for a different project, let the current one be implemented!!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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mukiha wrote:seppuku wrote:Long overdue, I say.
@mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management.
As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. I still maintain it's a small inconvenience that carries a 100-bob fine (I've also been caught without it for same reasons, most times I'm able to talk my way out but on two occasions I was booked and that's how much I was fined in court). My worry is that we are tackling motoring the disease cosmetically. Will a smart-card license improve the competence of drivers? What do we gain from laser-printed number plates when the numbering system is a meaningless sequential series that carries no information about the vehicle?  True, even in wartorn countries like CAR and Saos Sudan they have quality numbering system. Portfolio: Sold
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/2/2009 Posts: 2,458 Location: Nairobi
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McReggae wrote:mkenyan wrote:mukiha wrote:seppuku wrote:Long overdue, I say.
@mukiha, bulk might seem like a small problem, but it gets people into trouble sometimes. I remember once I was driving a car different from my regular ride and didn't have my licence with me. The reason, of course, was that the size of our DL means you typically have to store it in the boot of your car. So when you casually get behind the wheel of another vehicle you don't remember to transfer the "cargo" accordingly from vehicle A to B. When upon being flagged down a cop asked for the document, I was at pains to explain my circumstances. A small thing that can dwell in the wallet all the time is more than welcome. Plus all the other benefits of information collection and management.
As for the number plates, they simply have to be the most hideous in the Milky Way. I shall not miss that distinction. I still maintain it's a small inconvenience that carries a 100-bob fine (I've also been caught without it for same reasons, most times I'm able to talk my way out but on two occasions I was booked and that's how much I was fined in court).My worry is that we are tackling motoring the disease cosmetically. Will a smart-card license improve the competence of drivers? What do we gain from laser-printed number plates when the numbering system is a meaningless sequential series that carries no information about the vehicle? when was that? currently you would be lucky to get away with anything less than 10k. never a small inconvenience. @Mkenyan, Mukiha is right, the fine is 100/=, before the new law came into place you were required to produce at any police station within 24hrs!!!! @Mukiha, I get your argument, but they are for a different project, let the current one be implemented!!!! Was the law amended. forgetting your DL carries a fine of 10K the last time i checked
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2007 Posts: 8,776 Location: Cameroon
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For the benefit of mukiha... “The use of smart licences is aimed at curbing counterfeits,” Transport principal secretary Nduva Muli said. Mr Kamau further said that his ministry has begun developing a standard curriculum for training and testing drivers, including the licensing of driving schools. This is expected to rein in rogue driving schools working in cahoots with corrupt police officers. Source: Businessdailyafrica.com TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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Is this really a priority or just another chance to eat? Why sink billions for some cosmetic changes? Does this mean we have finally gotten to the bottom of our to-do list, having sorted water, health, education etc issues?
Why not use the billions to mark our roads, provide street lighting, seal potholes etc, things that will directly improve safety?
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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simonkabz wrote:For the benefit of mukiha...
“The use of smart licences is
aimed at curbing
counterfeits,” Transport
principal secretary Nduva
Muli said.
Mr Kamau further said that
his ministry has begun
developing a standard
curriculum for training and
testing drivers, including the
licensing of driving schools.
This is expected to rein in
rogue driving schools
working in cahoots with
corrupt police officers.
Source:
Businessdailyafrica.com Si Madam Angela alisema uiandikange namna hifi:  “The use of smart licences is aimed at curbing counterfeits,” Transport principal secretary Nduva Muli said. Mr Kamau further said that his ministry has begun developing a standard curriculum for training and testing drivers, ncluding the licensing of driving schools. This is expected to rein in rogue driving schools working in cahoots with corrupt police officers. Source:Businessdailyafrica.com
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