The National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) has announced that the rollout of the new digital number plates will commence on October 1, 2022.
In response to queries raised by motorists on Thursday, September 8, NTSA added the application for the new plates will be done on the Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS) portal once the process commences.
Further, the transport authority indicated that it will make public the detailed process of application in due course.
However, motorists making replacements for the digital plates will be required to produce coloured images of two current number plates (front and rear plates) and a copy of the logbook.
As earlier indicated, car owners will part with Ksh3,000 to facilitate the replacement of the current registration plates with the new ones.
Speaking during the launch of the digital plates on August 31, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i stated that motorists would have 18 months to change the plates noting the move was aimed at fighting crime.
The new number plates have enforced security features such as a hologram, watermark, unique and different serial numbers for rear and front plates and a specially-imprinted national flag.
"We are doing this because we want to address the security of our country. We want to help other agencies such as KRA to function properly, uplift the financial sector and improve transparency.
"Let us obey and get it done within those 18 months. Issuance of new plates will begin with newly registered vehicles from the KDK series," he stated then.
Motorists who fail to change the number plates within the 18 months deadline will also attract a penalty of Ksh 20,000.
"Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on first conviction to a fine not exceeding Ksh20,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months," Reads the Traffic Act, 2022.
The replacement of the plates is mandatory for all vehicles plying Kenyan roads.
