NTSA inaeleza kwa nini nambari za tuk-tuk zinaanza na KTW

Mamlaka ya Kitaifa ya Usafiri na Usalama (NTSA) imetenga kiambishi KTW kwa nambari za usajili za tuk-tuk ili kuzitofautisha na magari mengine na kuzuia wizi wa nambari hizo. Tuk-tuk zinaainishwa kama pikipiki zenye magurudumu matatu, na kila herufi katika KTW ina maana maalum: K kwa Kenya, T kwa Three na W kwa Wheels.

Tuk-tuk zinazotumika sana katika miji kama Nairobi, Mombasa na Kisumu zina nambari za usajili zinazoanza na KTW, tofauti na magari ya kibinafsi yanayoanza na KAA au KCA, au pikipiki zenye KM. NTSA ilichagua mfululizo huu wa herufi nne kama KTWA au KTWB ili kudumisha uadilifu wa nambari na kupunguza wizi, ambapo nambari za tuk-tuk zilikuwa zikiibwa na kusukumwa kwenye pikipiki au magari mengine na vinginevyo. Hatua hii pia inarefusha maisha ya mfululizo wa kawaida wa usajili wa magari nchini Kenya. Rangi za nambari pia zina maana: manjano nyuma na nyeupe mbele zenye herufi nyeusi ni za kawaida kwa tuk-tuk za kibiashara za umma. Nambari za kijani, mara nyingi zinazoanza na KD, hutumika kwa madhumuni ya garaji kama kupeleka tuk-tuk mpya kutoka duka kwa mteja au majaribio ya kuendesha. Chini ya sera ya 2026, nambari hizi za kijani pia hutolewa kwa tuk-tuk za umeme kama ishara ya hali ya kutotoka hewa chafu. NTSA inahakikisha utambulisho rahisi wa magari mamilioni yanayotumika barabarani kila siku.

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