Subject: FW: GJLOS on traffic offences 
 

This is a piece of paper that is handy to have in your car. Please pass it
on.

If you are stopped for a minor traffic offence in Kenya, please follow the
following simple rules

1. Demand that the officer identify him/herself through an appointment
certificate OR trough the name and number normally pinned on their
uniform.

2. Equally always identify yourself by a driver's license or ID document.

3. Please do not allow police officers to get into your car when you have
been stopped for a minor traffic offence. (Your car is private property
and technically the police require a search warrant to enter your car, but
we are normally polite and allow them to look in the boot etc.)

4. If you are being charged with a minor traffic offence, the paper work
can normally be done on the spot ! it's called a  " bail bond"  or  "police
bail ". You make a cash payment and get an official receipt (which is also
a notice to appear in court on a future date). If it cannot be issued on
the spot, insist that you follow a police car to the nearest police
station and then ensure that the bail bond is issued at the police
station. Please also note that all minor traffic offences in Kenya are
indeed eligible for  "bail bond  "or  "police bail " - there is absolutely no
justification for you to be locked up at a police station for minor
traffic offences (But this is a threat normally used to scare people)

5. Never allow a police officer to take the keys of your car from the
ignition ! This is illegal.

6. Be polite and non-confrontational at all times.

Jacques Carstens
Chief Technical Coordinator
Programme Coordination Office
Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform Programme
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kenya
Cell: +254 (0)723919539
Tel:+254-20-224029/55/82x116 or DL 215974
E-mail: jcarstens@gjlos.co.ke http://www.gjlos.go.ke/
9th Floor, Room 908, Cooperative Bank House

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