The Ministry of Transport has refuted information about systemic violations in the work of the Committee for Roads and Transport Control.
In response to claims from transport sector employees about violations, the department presented a report on its work to automate control and reduce corruption risks.
It will be recalled that earlier the FBRK editorial team obtained an appeal from transport sector workers, which, they claimed, had been sent to several high-ranking state bodies.
The appeal contained information about alleged systemic violations in the work of the Committee for Roads and Transport Control.
The authors noted that the current system leads to a reduction in the quality of control over vehicles, the creation of artificial barriers for honest market participants, a loss of trust in state bodies, and a deterioration of the investment climate in the industry.
In response to an official inquiry from the FBRK editorial team, the department stated that it is actively implementing technologies to minimise human error in transport control. Since 2019, staff at transport control posts have been using dashcams or body cameras, which have helped identify 21 cases of bribery.
It is reported that all the materials obtained have been handed over to the Anti-Corruption Service, and those responsible have been brought to criminal account.
Furthermore, a significant step was the adoption of the law "On introducing amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on transport and subsoil use".
It is noted that this document made it possible to introduce stations for automatic measurement of vehicle weight and dimensions (WIM). Currently, 46 such stations are in operation: 26 on national roads and 20 in the regions. Plans are in place to expand the network to 220 stations.
The ministry also reported that in 2024, the Unified Transport Document Management System (UTDMS) came into operation, allowing waybills to be processed electronically. The system is expected to minimise corruption risks.
Regarding allegations of violations on the Kazakhstan-China border, the ministry clarified that transport control there is carried out by state revenue authorities.
It will be recalled that in May last year, the FBRK editorial team wrote about widespread manipulations with foreign permit forms (FPFs), where shell companies obtained them and resold them to carriers.
In January, the Committee for Road Transport presented a draft reform for the distribution of permit forms, aimed at eliminating their artificial shortage.
However, in February, the owner of a transport company, Bolatbek Aliyev, stated that problems with FPFs persist.
In October, the editorial team also raised the issue of the growth of road transport companies from Russia and Belarus in the Kazakh freight market. The ministry’s detailed response on this topic is available via the link.