Car owners in Kenya will now have to stick electronic chip stickers on their vehicles’ windscreens.
This follows a project by the NTSA that will see the start of use of the electronic sticker or a third licence identification.
This chip sticker will bear the motor vehicle’s registration and ownership, tax, the chassis number and make, and insurance validation, among other compliance and legal requirements.
Some of the features of the third identifier include tamper proof and tamper evident. It will also have read distance of more than six metres and a data retention period of at least 8 years. The chip can pick details of a car travelling at a speed of 200 km/h.
Motorists will make a one-off payment of Sh. 700 to acquire the sticker. The chip will expire after 10 years, and motorists will be required to pay another Sh. 700 for renewal. The same amount will be paid if the chip gets damaged.
According to NTSA director general Francis Meja, the chip will help the government identify the number of vehicles in the country as well as help in boosting tax collection, detect stolen cars through various checkpoints, and automate statistics on traffic volume.