[kictanet] Fwd: GJLOS on traffic offences

[Brian Longwe]

Please pass on to all you know and stop these cops harassing people -  
especially at the roadblock just after Sigona

Begin forwarded message:


> Subject: FW: GJLOS on traffic offences
>
> This is a piece of paper that is handy to have in your car. Please  
> pass it
> on.
>
> If you are stopped for a minor traffic offence in Kenya, please  
> follow the
> following simple rules
>
> 1. Demand that the officer identify him/herself through an appointment
> certificate OR trough the name and number normally pinned on their
> uniform.
>
> 2. Equally always identify yourself by a driver's license or ID  
> document.
>
> 3. Please do not allow police officers to get into your car when  
> you have
> been stopped for a minor traffic offence. (Your car is private  
> property
> and technically the police require a search warrant to enter your  
> car, but
> we are normally polite and allow them to look in the boot etc.)
>
> 4. If you are being charged with a minor traffic offence, the paper  
> work
> can normally be done on the spot ! it's called a  " bail bond"  or   
> "police
> bail ". You make a cash payment and get an official receipt (which  
> is also
> a notice to appear in court on a future date). If it cannot be  
> issued on
> the spot, insist that you follow a police car to the nearest police
> station and then ensure that the bail bond is issued at the police
> station. Please also note that all minor traffic offences in Kenya are
> indeed eligible for  "bail bond  "or  "police bail " - there is  
> absolutely no
> justification for you to be locked up at a police station for minor
> traffic offences (But this is a threat normally used to scare people)
>
> 5. Never allow a police officer to take the keys of your car from the
> ignition ! This is illegal.
>
> 6. Be polite and non-confrontational at all times.
>
> Jacques Carstens
> Chief Technical Coordinator
> Programme Coordination Office
> Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform Programme
> Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kenya
> Cell:       +254 (0)723919539
> Tel:+254-20-224029/55/82x116 or DL 215974
> E-mail: jcarstens at gjlos.co.ke http://www.gjlos.go.ke/
> 9th Floor, Room 908, Cooperative Bank House
>
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