At this point, we've devalued humanity and normalized corruption. A governor shamelessly steals money meant for hospitals, builds a multibillion hotel, while newborns are sleeping on cartons in her county. Mothers are giving birth on floors, yet she flies to the USA to deliver.
The mandatory annual NTSA vehicle inspection looks like the rejected Motor Vehicle Tax from the disgraced Finance Bill 2024—repackaged, renamed and pushed back onto Kenyans through the back door.
Let us call it what it is: another tax on citizens already suffocating under fuel levies, insurance costs, tolls, parking fees, high food prices and endless deductions.
A government that cannot repair dangerous roads, enforce traffic laws or eliminate corruption has no moral authority to keep taxing cash-strapped motorists to death.
Kenyans must reject this revenue-collection scheme. Changing the name does not change the burden. It is still a tax, and it must be opposed.
NTSA will illegally fine you KSh 2,000 because they know that hiring a lawyer to challenge the fine will cost you more than the KSh 2,000. These automated fines have no place in a corrupt state.
You know the foolishness about this country, all vehicles are registered with something called a number plate. Tell me how you don't have the clarity of the number plates in existence?
Imagine being arrested by police officers, only to end up in the hands of masked men instead of being taken through the legal process. No Kenyan should ever have to fear that kind of lawlessness. We cannot afford another five years where the rule of law is questioned and public trust continues to erode.
Ruto Must Go
The NTSA mandatory annual vehicle inspection is the Motor Vehicle Tax that was impugned in the disgraced 2024 Finance Bill but is now being reintroduced with a different name.
It is a TAX.
Reject it.
Kenyans have "caught" Kasongo and NTSA in their extortion tricks
You import a used car, they inspect it and certify it for a fee
Immediately it leaves the port they demand to inspect it again for a fee...
Clearly it was never about road safety