Nairobi, July 7 -- Road transporters of petroleum products face fines of up to Sh1 million or jail terms of five years for failure to install vehicle trackers on all their trucks in proposed changes to the law.

The compulsory installation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) on the vehicles will allow for the generation of automated reports on the speed, location and distance of the vehicles transporting diesel, petrol, kerosene or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

The requirement is contained in the Petroleum (Licensing of Petroleum Road Transportation Business) Regulations, 2025 and a breach will see the operators fined up to Sh1 million, jailed for five years, or both, in line with penalties as spelt out in the section 24 (5) of the S...