Monday, January 6, 2025 marked the rollout of the third phase of the Motor Vehicle Digital Registration Number Plates, targeting both private and public transport vehicles.
This category of vehicles has been divided into two with those entering the country for the first time registration (imports), to be processed at Malaba and Mutukula Border Entry Points for those coming from Kenya and Tanzania respectively.
Owners or importers of Motor Vehicles will be required to pay a total of 714,300 shillings for the digital registration plate, while replacing an old plate with a new one costs 150,000.
The vehicle must be registered in the owner’s name for this migration. Motorcycle digital registration plates will cost 50,000 Shillings.
The Category of the direct imports (DIRECT IM4) of vehicles entering the region for the first time involves those that clear taxes at the points of entry of Mombasa in Kenya or Dar salaam in Tanzania. According to the Ministry of Works and Transport, this category “has the privilege of entering the country with a vehicle fitted with a digital registration plate along with a log book in hand.”
The importer will then get a confirmation text after which, the client will choose which location and time for fitment of the registration plate. The fitting will then be brought to the chosen place.
The joint contractor, Joint Stock Company Global Security, is implementing the exercise.
The Government, through the Ministry of Works and Transport has given current vehicle owners two-years to migrate to the new digital number plates regime, which has been developed under the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS).
Susan Kataike, the Principle Communications Officer at the Ministry says that so far in the first year of the exercise that targeted government vehicles, 2,143 Government vehicles have been fitted with the new plates.
In addition, the exercise that was rolled out to motorcycles in November last year, has so far covered 11,721 private and public motorcycles, especially for those newly imported or assembled.
By Our Reporter
6 Jan 2025
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