Motor vehicle owners have every reason to worry over new developments being initiated by the National Transport Safety Authority together with the Kenya Revenue Authority.
The authorities are working on a bid to curb invalidated vehicles and therefore will be cracking down on all unregistered vehicles on the road.
According to Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner General John Njiraini, the habit of transiting stolen vehicles out of the country is common in the Kenyan market and as such were working with American authorities in a bid to repatriate vehicles that have been stolen from there.
They stated that it may take time to work on the process but their plight to eradicate unregistered vehicles out of the roads is still on.
Director General of NTSA Francis Meja as well put across that they have come up with an electronic system that is aimed at registering vehicles to enhance validation and security of vehicles as well as ease the load of the owners registering through physical means.
Plans are also underway to issue new number plates for vehicles and do away with the old ones.
Elsewhere, the Kenya Revenue Authority is set to give out a report on cargo lodging at the port pending expiry day tomorrow. The tax man will also issue a report on illegal car importations. Yesterday, KRA authority announced it has suspended lodging of documents for hundreds of containers and vehicles set for auction tomorrow.
This move is intended to avert a crisis in case cargo is auctioned yet the importer has already paid taxes, Joseph Kaguru, Chief Manager Port Operations explained.
This is the second auction this year with the first one being held a month ago. Part of the goods that were not sold then will be offered for sale tomorrow, according to customs officers.