Motorists will be able to apply for registration documents pertaining to their cars including number plates, log books and vehicle transfer by mid-April
Kenyans are set to handle their vehicle registration matters online following a decision by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to transfer their services to the internet by mid-April, 2016.
Motor vehicle registration and transfer will now be instant.
Applying for a log book will now take 10 minutes from the previous process of waiting between one and six months for application documents to be processed. Getting a duplicate of the same will also take a day from the current one month wait.
Users will also get to decide where they want to pick up their log books between Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.
According to NTSA director Fernando Wangila, car buyers will have an opportunity to choose their own number plates at a premium fee or wait for the Authority to assign them one.
Applying for a personalized number plate in the country goes for KSh 1 million while opting to go for one assigned by the NTSA and Kenya Revenue Authority will cost you Ksh 2 700.
A personalized number plate must contain a maximum of seven letters in caps and must be embossed in blue with a white background. Any offensive symbols or words are prohibited.
The Authority, according to the Daily Nation, said that for one to have access to these services, they would be required to access a portal that will be publicized in the coming weeks, create a profile and log in with their PINs.
All one would have to do is enter the chasis number of their vehicle so that they can use the NTSA services on the portal.
By embracing online activities, the NTSA and KRA will have done away with the hours long queuing Kenyans have been subjected to in order to renew licenses and register their cars in people jammed halls.
This would also provide a data base that would capture details of motorists in case criminal activities are carried out using their vehicles or if their property is stolen for purposes of prosecution
Source..TUKO and Daily Nation news
