Fleet Management Blog Kenya

Driver defect to verified repair — what the DOSH inspector reads in a Nakuru horticulture-export workshop file

A Nakuru-based fleet running twenty-four refrigerated rigid trucks and tractor units serving Central Kenya horticulture exports — flower, vegetable, and avocado consolidations between Naivasha-Nakuru flower farms, Subukia and Bahati pack-houses, the Mombasa Road JKIA-Inland Container Depot, and onward to JKIA cargo-bay processing for direct-flight export. A driver radios in a steering-feel concern at 13:50 returning from a Naivasha load. By the time the DOSH inspector arrives forty-eight hours later for a routine inspection, the question is what the workshop file actually demonstrates between defect, repair, and verified return to service under OSHA 2007.

May 4, 2026

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When the Magistrate-Coroner opens an inquest under the Coroners Act 2017 — and the parallel ODPP and DOSH files

A Nairobi Industrial Area heavy haulier running twenty-six prime movers and rigid trucks moving containerised cargo between the Inland Container Depot Embakasi, the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway terminus, the Mombasa Road industrial estates, and the Athi River cement-and-steel corridor. A turn-boy is fatally struck during a coupling operation at an ICD Embakasi loading bay at 18:20. Within two weeks three concurrent state files are open: the Magistrate sitting as Coroner under the Coroners Act 2017 has gazetted an inquest, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has opened a file under the Penal Code, and DOSH has issued an improvement notice under OSHA 2007. There is no jury inquest in Kenya. There is no separate federal coronial service. The maintenance file becomes the spine of all three.

May 4, 2026

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A combined NTSA and Kenya Police Service Traffic check on Mombasa Road — what your Mombasa driver must produce in twelve minutes

A Mombasa-based supply-chain operator running twenty-eight light-and-medium delivery vehicles serving Port of Mombasa-bound import distribution, Mombasa-Nairobi Highway transit cargo, and Northern Corridor cross-border-bound consolidations into Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. A driver is pulled over at 11:35 by a combined National Transport and Safety Authority and Kenya Police Service Traffic patrol on Mombasa Road near the Mtongwe interchange. Twelve minutes decides whether the vehicle continues to its Nairobi-bound transit or is impounded for technical examination, with the operator-licence escalation that follows.

May 4, 2026

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Four phrases Kenyan insurers use to refuse a fleet claim under the Insurance Act Cap 487 — and what the Insurance Tribunal actually examines

A Kisumu-based logistics SME running twenty-two light-and-heavy commercial vehicles serving Lake Victoria-rim retail distribution across Kisumu City, Bondo, Homa Bay, Migori, Busia, and the cross-border traffic into Uganda via Busia and Malaba. A roll-over on the Kisumu-Busia road produces a comprehensive-policy claim of KES 9.4 million. Five months later the engineering report from the insurer's appointed surveyor recommends decline on grounds of breach-of-warranty and material non-disclosure. The Insurance Act Cap 487 doctrine of utmost good faith, the Insurance Regulatory Authority supervisory position, the Insurance Tribunal under section 169, and the documentary picture decide what survives.

May 4, 2026

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Adapted vehicles, the Persons with Disabilities Act 2025 and the restructured NCPWD — what an Eldoret-based service must hold

An Eldoret-based adapted-mobility service running fourteen wheelchair-accessible vehicles serving day-centre runs across Eldoret town, Kapsabet, Kitale, and Iten, plus contracted school-runs for two specialist schools and county-government-funded employment-transport contracts for disabled employees of public-sector and private-sector employers in Uasin Gishu County. A wheelchair-restraint failure during a Kapsabet day-centre run produces a non-fatal injury; the file engages DOSH under OSHA 2007, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) under the new Persons with Disabilities Act 2025, the contracting county government, and the IRA-supervised insurer position. Four files. One maintenance trail.

May 4, 2026

Fleet Blog

Driver defect to verified repair — what the DOSH inspector reads in a Nakuru horticulture-export workshop file

When the Magistrate-Coroner opens an inquest under the Coroners Act 2017 — and the parallel ODPP and DOSH files

A combined NTSA and Kenya Police Service Traffic check on Mombasa Road — what your Mombasa driver must produce in twelve minutes

Four phrases Kenyan insurers use to refuse a fleet claim under the Insurance Act Cap 487 — and what the Insurance Tribunal actually examines

Adapted vehicles, the Persons with Disabilities Act 2025 and the restructured NCPWD — what an Eldoret-based service must hold

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