Cars at Mombasa port. Newly imported vehicles will be exempt from inspection for two years. PHOTO | FILE
A consumer lobby group has opposed planned vehicles inspection saying it is a new corruption avenue which they will contest in court if the draft regulations are gazetted.
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) has accused the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) of creating the inspection legislation to benefit cartels.
Last week, NTSA released draft rules that will be used to guide the inspection of all vehicles more than four years old with private cars required to undergo the checks every two years at a fee of between Sh2,600 to Sh3,900.
“There is no evidence that vehicle inspections even for commercial, a massive corruption avenue, realises lower accidents,” Stephen Mutoro, the Cofek secretary general said in a statement.
“Requiring private vehicles to be inspected at such whopping fees is a scheme to raise money for cartels in and outside government.”
The move to inspect vehicles is among stringent safety regulations, including crackdown on drink-driving, meant to reduce road accidents and deaths below the 3,057 last year.
Official data indicates that there were 2.2 million vehicles, including motorcycles and trailers, in Kenya by the end of 2014 and the inspection will create business worth billions of shillings.
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