Carrying a DL in Kenya: It is no longer mandatory for licensed drivers to carry their physical driving licenses. This follows a statement by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).
According to the NTSA, drivers can drive on Kenyan roads without physical licenses as long as they can prove by any other means that they are duly licensed.
The NTSA further says that it has developed an application that enables one to verify status of any driving license. This can be used as evidence that one is duly licensed.
“Section 36 (2) of the Traffic Act allows a motorists to produce other evidence to satisfy the police that the motorist is duly licensed as per the requirements of Section 30,” the Authority said in a statement.
Section 36 (2) of the Traffic Act states a driving license or provisional license include such other evidence as will satisfy the police that there is no contravention of Section 30, which basically requires a driver to have a valid license.
“To this end, NTSA has developed an application that enables one to verify the status of any driving license and this can be used as evidence that a motorist is duly licensed,” the NTSA said.
The NTSA had also earlier clarified that although all public service vehicles (PSVs) are expected to have first aid kits and fire extinguishers, it was not mandatory for private motorists to have the same.
“Section 55 of the Traffic Rules is clear that only PSVs are required to carry fire extinguishers and first aid kits. Private vehicles are only required to have lifesavers,” NTSA said. The authority has also banned the use of LED lights on vehicles.
Manage WhatsApp Data easily (Photos, Videos, Audio & Documents)
WhatsApp application has recently become a common tool for communication. It has gained fame among many people, organizations, families etc.
It is a better alternative to normal text messaging as it gives the user a wide variety of things to chose from and additional features. These include sending photos, videos, audio clips, recordings, documents (Ms Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Video calling among others.
The WhatsApp messaging application however comes with its own challenges. Not everyone loves forwarded messages and images downloaded straight into their phones. This is especially so when members of a group send or share numerous photos, videos, audio clips or documents and all these are "Automatically downloaded" into the phones internal storage and gallery. These could either be too much and unnecessary or inappropriate for viewing/explicit content for children.
The good news is that WhatsApp application has an amazing inbuilt data management mechanism that helps one to chose what to download and when. This can be easily done through the "WhatsApp Settings" option..
1. Open WhatsApp
2. Go to "Settings" (Three dots on the top right/Bottom)
3. Select "Data and Storage Usage"
4. Choose "Media Auto-download" (When using mobile data and when connected to Wi-Fi)
5. Uncheck all (photo, audio, video and documents) options for both Mobile data and Wi-Fi connectivity.
NB: This will not prevent you from accessing, downloading and viewing the content. It will help you to choose what to download and what not to download.
This way, you don't have to worry about being in groups and hurriedly exiting them to avoid too much data being used to download unnecessary things.
Recommendation: WhatsApp company should make the application in a way that the "default" data settings is set not to download anything regardless of whether one is using mobile data, Wi-Fi or roaming.
Jeremiah Oyongo MAUTI
+254 723 784 341
Jermauti@gmail.com
Facebook - Jeremy BigBrother
Twitter - @JeremyBigBro
Instagram - @JeremyBigBro
It is a better alternative to normal text messaging as it gives the user a wide variety of things to chose from and additional features. These include sending photos, videos, audio clips, recordings, documents (Ms Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Video calling among others.
The WhatsApp messaging application however comes with its own challenges. Not everyone loves forwarded messages and images downloaded straight into their phones. This is especially so when members of a group send or share numerous photos, videos, audio clips or documents and all these are "Automatically downloaded" into the phones internal storage and gallery. These could either be too much and unnecessary or inappropriate for viewing/explicit content for children.
The good news is that WhatsApp application has an amazing inbuilt data management mechanism that helps one to chose what to download and when. This can be easily done through the "WhatsApp Settings" option..
1. Open WhatsApp
2. Go to "Settings" (Three dots on the top right/Bottom)
3. Select "Data and Storage Usage"
4. Choose "Media Auto-download" (When using mobile data and when connected to Wi-Fi)
5. Uncheck all (photo, audio, video and documents) options for both Mobile data and Wi-Fi connectivity.
NB: This will not prevent you from accessing, downloading and viewing the content. It will help you to choose what to download and what not to download.
This way, you don't have to worry about being in groups and hurriedly exiting them to avoid too much data being used to download unnecessary things.
Recommendation: WhatsApp company should make the application in a way that the "default" data settings is set not to download anything regardless of whether one is using mobile data, Wi-Fi or roaming.
Jeremiah Oyongo MAUTI
+254 723 784 341
Jermauti@gmail.com
Facebook - Jeremy BigBrother
Twitter - @JeremyBigBro
Instagram - @JeremyBigBro
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