TLB introduces gadget to detect fake stickers
Transport Licensing Board has introduced a gadget that will help traffic officers detect fake TLB stickers.TLB chairman Wilfred Ole Legei Friday issued the gadget to Eldoret traffic base commandant to assist him trap drivers using fake TLB stickers.Ole Legei lamented that the transport sector has been losing millions of shillings in revenue due to unscrupulous traders who make fake TLB stickers.The TLB chairman who was in Eldoret to issue new TLB licenses added that he identified some fake stickers during the exercise but drivers of the vehicles escaped leaving them behind.Some 452 vehicles were also apprehended during the one week exercise charged with various traffic offences.Ole Legei reaffirmed that the gadget is effective and can only be used away from direct sunlight. The traffic officers will be forced to create some shadow if there is sunlight in there area of operation.
Meanwhile Ole Legei has told drivers to ensure they buy TLB stickers only from recognized government institutions.
Ends…………………………….Kentis Onyatch