NTSA Reveals When Instant Fines Will Resume
Motorists could soon be back under the instant-fines regime. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) says it hopes to bring the system back on November 26, 2026, provided the court cases holding it up are settled first.
Speaking on Citizen TV on Monday, October 5, NTSA Director of Road Safety Andrew Kiplagat said the system is ready but cannot be rolled out while parts of it are being challenged in court.
“NTSA is having a programme on instant fines, which again is not happening because of legal impediments, because of court cases,” he said.
According to Kiplagat, the fines are meant to discourage speeding and other offences, and fewer reckless drivers should mean fewer crashes and fewer deaths on the roads.
“Challenges are being addressed, and we believe that once this is finalised, we hope that by November 26 it will give us room to deter some drivers’ behaviours,” he added.
He described the planned law as part of a wider push to tackle driver behaviour, which NTSA sees as a major cause of crashes, with speeding and drink-driving topping the list.
He also noted that this is the first time the Transport Ministry is going through the Traffic Act to find its weak points, including gaps in how traffic offences are regulated and enforced.
On the three sets of rules recently thrown out by the Senate, Kiplagat said the ministry is in advanced talks with the House’s leadership. The annulled regulations dealt with drink-driving and heavy commercial vehicles, which he said have not been regulated the same way as public service vehicles (PSVs).
He added that the regulations published in February would also widen vehicle inspection to cover more categories of vehicles, since the current law largely concentrates on PSVs and heavy commercial vehicles.
NTSA is also lobbying for the return of speed cameras in clearly marked speed zones, where they would detect speeding and set the enforcement process in motion.
“The camera will capture the violation and send it, then give you time to pay, and if you do not pay, there are other procedures that follow next,” Kiplagat explained.
The update comes about two months after the Senate annulled three NTSA rules on July 22, citing inadequate public participation.
They were the Traffic (School Transport) Rules, 2026, the Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026, and the National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of Commercial Vehicles) Regulations, 2026.
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