<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Please pass on to all you know and stop these cops harassing people - especially at the roadblock just after Sigona<BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV vlink="purple" link="blue" lang="EN-US"><DIV dir="ltr" align="left"> <FONT face="Tahoma" size="2"><B>Subject:</B> FW: GJLOS on traffic offences<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> <BR> </FONT></EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><P><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size="2"><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a piece of paper that is handy to have in your car. Please pass <SPAN>it <BR>on</SPAN>. </SPAN></FONT></TT><FONT face="Courier New" size="2"><SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">If you are stopped for a minor traffic offence in Kenya, please follow the </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">following simple rules </FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">1. Demand that the officer identify him/herself through an appointment </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">certificate OR trough the name and number normally pinned on their </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">uniform. </FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">2. Equally always identify yourself by a driver<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3">'</FONT></EM></SPAN>s license or ID document.</FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">3. Please do not allow police officers to get into your car when you have </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">been stopped for a minor traffic offence. (Your car is private property </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">and technically the police require a search warrant to enter your car, but </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">we are normally polite and allow them to look in the boot etc.)</FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">4. If you are being charged with a minor traffic offence, the paper work </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">can normally be done on the spot<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> ! </FONT></EM></SPAN>it<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3">'</FONT></EM></SPAN>s called a <SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> " </FONT></EM></SPAN>bail bond<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3">" </FONT></EM></SPAN> or <SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> "</FONT></EM></SPAN>police </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New"> bail<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> "</FONT></EM></SPAN>. You make a cash payment and get an official receipt (which is also </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">a notice to appear in court on a future date). If it cannot be issued on </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">the spot, insist that you follow a police car to the nearest police </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">station and then ensure that the bail bond is issued at the police </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">station. Please also note that all minor traffic offences in Kenya are </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">indeed eligible for<EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><FONT size="3"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></EM>bail bond <SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> "</FONT></EM></SPAN>or <SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> "</FONT></EM></SPAN>police bail<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> " </FONT></EM></SPAN>- there is absolutely no </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">justification for you to be locked up at a police station for minor </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">traffic offences (But this is a threat normally used to scare people)</FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">5. Never allow a police officer to take the keys of your car from the </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">ignition<SPAN><EM><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" size="3"> ! T</FONT></EM></SPAN>his is illegal.</FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">6. Be polite and non-confrontational at all times.</FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Jacques Carstens </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Chief Technical Coordinator </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Programme Coordination Office </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform Programme </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kenya </FONT></TT><BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New">Cell:<SPAN onmouseup="SetCallButtonPressed(this, 0,1)" onmousedown="SetCallButtonPressed(this, 1,1)" onmouseover="SetCallButton(this, 1,1);skype_active=CheckCallButton(this);" onmouseout="SetCallButton(this, 0,1);HideSkypeMenu();" class="skype_tb_injection" id="__skype_highlight_id"> <SPAN style="margin-right: 0px;" title="This is a Kenya phone number. 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