National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) defended the move to reintroduce alcoblow to test alcohol levels on all motorists in the country.
NTSA Program Director Samuel Musumba insisted that alcoblow introduction would ensure motorists drive with 0.0 per cent alcohol levels.
Speaking in a public participation forum on Friday February 17, Musumba noted that they were further targeting private vehicles.
According to views collected, stakeholders wanted private vehicle drivers to comply with the traffic directive.
However, public service vehicles plying all routes and highways would also be subjected to the same exercise.
"Maybe we need to make it even 0.0 per cent so that every driver on our roads should not drink and drive. The law as it is now, it's only PSV drivers who are limited to 0.0, meaning no alcohol completely in the system as they drive," Musumba stated.
"Now we are getting views from Mwananchi who are saying it should cut across," he added.
Addressing hygienic concerns, which were cited by drivers in past operations where they were forced to breath into one breathlyser, NTSA insisted that it laid out plans to ensure the exercise is safe.
The traffic agency would also deploy quality control officers for adherence of hygienic standards.
"Even as we do that, we will ensure safety of the process as well. We are going to be the one in control of the process, We will have quality control officers who will ensure we provide the right services," Musumba insisted.
In the Traffic (Drunk Driving) Rules, 2023, motorists caught under the influence shall face a fine not exceeding Ksh100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.
According to the proposed laws, drivers caught violating the drunk driving rules would have their driving licenses suspended for six months.
"No person shall drive, attempt to drive or be in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place if the person has consumed alcohol in such quantity that the blood alcohol concentration in his body is beyond the prescribed limit," read part of the draft law.
