NTSA barred from impounding unregistered cars as dealers get 60-day reprieve

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Unregistered Imported motor-vehicles at a yard in Mombasa County, among many that NTSA seeks to impound for lack of registration of number plates. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]

Car Importers and Dealers have a grace window period of 60 days to register all motor-vehicles sitting in their showrooms and yards before the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) begins an impounding exercise.

Justice Jairus Ngaah stopped NTSA's intention to impound all the unregistered motor vehicles over a failure to engage the importers and dealers when they formulated the registration laws.

NTSA issued an impugned notice titled “Public Notice on Unregistered Vehicles by Motor Vehicle Dealers” that require3d all car dealers and importers to comply by December 16 2024.