NTSA to Fine Ksh 20,000 or 6 Months Jail for Vehicles Over 4 Years Old Without Inspection

By John Muia 

National Transport and Safety Authority on June 26, 2026 issued new vehicle inspection rules. Through their X account, the authority introduced an annual inspection for all owned vehicles with 4 years or older since the date of manufacture.
  Photo: NTSA official notice of new rules to the motorist (source: Screenshot of NTSA_Kenya via official X Account)

Targeted vehicles include:

private owned vehicles, commercial vehicles, school transport vehicles and public service vehicles (PSVs). Here, the PSVs and school vans are strongly affected by the rule since most of them are 4 years plus old. To the owners of old Corollas, they should ensure that their logbooks are updated and valid.

Vehicles exempted from the inspection are:

All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), tractors and motorcycle pedal cycles. Good news is that the Bodaboda riders are out of this. NTSA has not demanded any changes for them.

Purpose for the new NTSA 2026 rules

In their public notice via X account, the authority has acknowledged that this will help in improving road safety by ensuring vehicles adhere to safety rules put in place. The authority believes that most of the recent road accidents were caused by unserviced old vehicles. With the new rule, NTSA will have ensured lights, tires and brakes are in good condition.

Penalties for those won't comply

NTSA has also put in place penalties for any motorist who will fail to adhere to the rule. A fine up to Ksh 20,000 or six months jail or both will apply to any driver on the road with no valid inspection sticker from NTSA.

They have therefore directed the concerned motorist on where to book for inspection. From their X account notice, " ... expected to book for annual inspection through the NTSA service portal accessible through the eCitizen platform." After making payments through eCitizen, you will choose your inspection center and date. As a result, many motorist are complaining that eCitizen portal crash regularly.

The authority added vehicle owners will have to pay Ksh 2,000 for every annual inspection with tuk tuks owners required to pay Ksh 500

Kenya takes part in global road safety measures

Apart from coming up with new rules, NTSA director, Eng. Nashon Kondiwa via NTSA Kenya X account, July 21, 2026 stated of how Kenya has globally partnered with other countries to set up road safety measures. 

Kondiwa attended the Global Road Safety meeting at United Nations in its headquarters in New York where he has highlighted that the aim of the meeting was to come up with technological and engineering safely measures inorder to bring down the number of road accidents by 2030.

Safety Measures need collective responsibility 

In conclusion, the new safety measures by NTSA signals a serious stance on halving road accidents. However, this measures can only succeed if motorists and even passengers embrace them as a collective responsibility through adherence.

This story was updated on July 21, 2026 

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