It Will Cost You Ksh3,000 To Get New Number Plates [PHOTOS]

To curb incidences of tax evasion in the sale of motor vehicles, the number plates will be synchronised with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) systems.

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Aug 30, 2022 - 12:54 Updated: Aug 30, 2022 - 13:01
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It Will Cost You Ksh3,000 To Get New Number Plates [PHOTOS]
Interior CS Fred Matiang'i introducing the new-look number plates on August 30, 2022. /FRED MATIANG'I

Kenyan motorists have 18 months to acquire the new-look digital registration number plates for vehicles in exchange for their older counterparts at a cost of Ksh3,000.

Speaking during the launch of the new generation plates at GSU Recce unit Headquarters in Ruiru, Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS), Fred Matiang'i, noted that the plates will be installed on cars brought into the country from the point of entry.

To curb incidences of tax evasion in the sale of motor vehicles, the number plates will be synchronised with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) systems.

The new-look number plates introduced on August 30, 2022. /DAILY NATION

"The work is being done by a multi-agency unit of the security sector and is part of the reforms initiated by President Uhuru Kenyatta after the 2019 Dusit attack.

"Commissioning of the new generation number plates marks a historic moment in securitizing vehicle registration by eliminating loopholes exploited by financial fraudsters and unscrupulous motor vehicle importers. Issuance of new plates will begin with newly registered vehicles," Matiang'i said.

The plates are in compliance with the amended Traffic Act of 2016 and will bear additional inbuilt features.

Some of them will be displayed physically and others visible plainly to security agencies for ease of tracing in the event they are involved in committing a crime.

"They form a basis for tracking and monitoring vehicles in the country which have risen significantly from 3.2 million last year to 4.8 million this year," Transport CS James Macharia spoke regarding the features.

The Recce unit headquarters is producing the next-generation number plates. Macharia added that they will be in place amongst 12 categories of vehicles in line with the legal notice 62 of 2016.

Matiang'i was also accompanied by CS Joseph Mucheru (ICT) and National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Director General George Njao amongst other senior security officials.

The new-look number plates introduced on August 30, 2022. /FILE