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

[James Rege]

Kenyan Citizens shall be saved from the claws of Police the day computers
connected to police, law offices' and Dr. Juma Okech's e-government websites
server installed at Police Stations.  Is it not time we started thinking
about having Kenya's intranet for quick access, now that we have our own
f-root server? 


On 3/8/07 12:08 AM, "Odhiambo WASHINGTON" <wash at wananchi.com> wrote:

> * 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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