[kictanet] My Evening in Jail (O.K, next to Jail)

[Nicholas Wambugu]

Wash..

True true traffic laws aren't like criminal ones, The police should
always have that booklet with them and if any rule is broken you get a
sheet as a booking to appear before a judge. If you are brave enough as
Wash says just disappear and wait for a warrant of arrest...... else
more wiser get the booking paper and find your own ways to cancel it
before the judgment day 

Thanks,

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From: kictanet-bounces+nicholas=tespok.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+nicholas=tespok.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf
Of Odhiambo WASHINGTON
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:08 AM
To: Nick
Subject: Re: [kictanet] My Evening in Jail (O.K, next to Jail)

* On 07/03/07 05:56 -0800, John Wilburn's wrote:
| O.K, before the moderator tells me to take this
| conversation off the list - I wish to promise that it will
| end with an IT twist... 
| 
| Yesterday evening, I was stopped by the Traffic Police at
| Madaraka Roundabout (next to Strath University). As a law
| abiding citizen, I stopped and without being asked, I
| opened the boot, stepped out and handed over my Driving
| Licence.
| 
| After 5minutes (eternity for me!) I realised that the young
| police officer was struggling with his torch trying to
| shine the lamp on my annual renewal licences.  I moved
| closer and he seemed happy to have discoverd and even
| happier to confirm that I had FORGED it (what???). He was
| alleging that it expired last year and since I was the
| clever-one, i simply extended the year by overwriting the
| original deadline and replacing it with next year (i.e from
| 2006 to 2008 expiry date)
| 
| I tried to say indeed the overwriting was truly there, but
| it must have been done by the KRA (Kenya Revenue Officials,
| they are human and can make mistakes) but he was adamant
| that I must visit their Police station and be checked in. I
| tried to say that if I had committed a traffic offence , I
| would have expected that he would write me a
| ticket/summons? to appear in court sometime later in the
| week and stand accused awaiting
| defence/judgement/penalty..(lawyers could correct me on
| that).
| 
| Later on he agreed that he will write the Summons from the
| Poice Station and so we drove to the nearest police station
| for this summons to be written.  We reached there (Nyayo
| Stadium Police Station) and he asked me to sit right next
| to the Cells (which were full of some very mean looking
| 'Matheri' type of characters).
| 
| After 5min, he came back to say that his Boss, the Officer
| in Charge of the Station is not in and so I have to be
| locked in until tomorrow morning, when he will come and
| write me the summons (hallooo??- next to THOSE guys?).
| 
| To cut down the story, my wife new someone, who knew some
| Senior cop, whom she  called and he eventually gave
| instructions to have me released - on Condition that I
| apologise for the offense (O.K. now what had I done
| again?).
| 
| Here is the IT angle - isn't it time their website
| www.kenyapolice.go.ke gave the Citizens the correct
| position regarding Police Procedures for Civil/Criminal
| offence? I mean I never knew a traffic offence could earn
| you 1-night accomodation with General Ali's (the Police
| Commissioner) guests. Further more, when are those so
| called Tamper-proof Driving Licences going to hit the
| market?

Waly,

You also need to spare some time to read and familiarise yourself with 
the laws of Kenya, not only IT stuff ;)
Cap 403 Laws of Kenya, which is the Traffic Act, entitles you to be 
issued with a ticket, also known as NT AC (Notice To Attend Court), for 
the traffic offence revealed.
If a Police officer is adamant about giving this (they should always 
have a the book on the road) then simply tell him/her to go to hell (if 
you have the courage) and drive away.
Well, grab the copy of this law and read it for more knowledge. If you 
know the law, you'll be knowing your rights, and will not be easily 
harassed, as was done for you.


        cheers
       - wash 
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