NTSA has been cleared to enforce sweeping new traffic rules after a High Court ruling by Justice Maureen Odero, marking a major shift in Kenya’s transport policy.
For the first time, private vehicle owners will be required to take their cars for mandatory inspections. All vehicles older than four years must undergo an initial inspection, with certification renewed every two years thereafter.
The court dismissed a petition challenging the Traffic (Registration and Licensing) Rules 2023 and Traffic (Inspection) Rules 2023, paving the way for tighter oversight of Kenya’s aging vehicle fleet.
Key changes: -Annual inspections remain mandatory for PSVs, taxis, and commercial vehicles -New school transport rules enforce stricter safety standards for buses and vans -Vehicles involved in serious accidents must be re-inspected before returning to the road
To handle demand, NTSA will license private garages and inspection centres, aiming to ease congestion and improve access nationwide.
The court also ruled that adequate public participation was conducted, dismissing claims by activists and allowing full implementation of the regulations.
There is one dangerous sentence in Kenyan tax law.
One that gives KRA enormous power during tax audits.
It's in sec 31 of TPA.
It says this:
- If you fail to file a return, or KRA is dissatisfied with your filed return,
- KRA may assess your tax using 'any available information.'
Section 59 of the TPA takes it even further.
It allows KRA to:
- Demand this information from any institution. Including banks.
- And those banks are prohibited from brandishing & citing client confidentiality or data protection laws.
It means KRA can estimate your tax using things like:
- Your bank statements
- Your M-Pesa statements
- Even information from your vendors and your customers.
If the numbers suggest you should have paid more tax, KRA can issue a tax demand.
Then weirdly,
The burden of proof shifts to you.
You must now prove that KRA’s estimate is wrong.
Without records, that becomes very difficult.
This is how many taxpayers lose disputes they thought they would easily win.
We saw it clearly in the Avery Lounge vs KRA case yesterday.
Lessons:
- Keep proper books of accounts
- Keep receipts and agreements
- Keep bank explanations
Because if you don’t,
KRA will estimate your taxes to their favour.
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Kenya has been ranked 4th in Africa and 1st in East Africa on organised crime, with wash was deals, heroin, human trafficking, cyber and financial crimes leading.
Banks that have been charging illegal fees on loans, like changing interest rates without Treasury approval, will have to refund billions to customers.
This decision comes after the High Court ruled that banks cannot change rates or charges without approval from the Treasury
There was a time when men filled these clubs chasing the rhythm, the lights, and the illusion of pleasure.
But that time is gone.
Now, the dance floors are crowded with women asking,
“Where are the men?”
And I’ll tell you where they are:
They have walked away from the noise.
They have chosen silence over chaos.
They have chosen mission over distraction and purpose over pleasure.
The men are beginning to understand that a man who has found his value no longer trades it for temporary attention with hoodrats.
Men are walking away, not because they are broke but because they are bored with the emptiness of it all.
They are detaching from spaces that used to promote masculine cohesion but which have now been polluted by femicentric ideals.
In this femicentric chaos,
The drinks are overpriced, the laughter is fake, the women are hoodrats, and the smiles are bait to ensnare vulnerable men into chaotic, toxic, lifelong relationships conceived in the darkness of night parties.
It will surprise you that the men who regularly visit these parties are "married men" trapped in harmful marriages and are seeking an escape from the pain of regret.
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He has chosen to dance with discipline, not chaos.
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