Kenyan students digitally steering 500 US trucks
Thursday December 17 2020
Monika Egle and staff of Road Star at their premises in Mount Kenya University Plaza, Thika. PHOTO | POOL
By SIMON CIURI
Summary
The students offer monitoring and support services to ensure that the drivers stick to the Hours of Service rules set up by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration set by the US government.
On the 12th floor of Mount Kenya University Plaza in Thika, Kiambu County, a group of young tech-savvy students is busy working on their computers as they receive calls on a handset.
The calls are from their contact list of 500 long truck drivers from the USA, and the students are offering them monitoring and support services to ensure that the drivers stick to the Hours of Service rules set up by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration set by the US government.
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