Alcoblow Stories

NTSA revives alcoblow, night patrols, mobile courts to curb road accidents during festive season
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 02, 2025

Kenya has reintroduced Alcoblow tests, night patrols and mobile courts nationwide to curb rising festive-season road deaths, with tougher penalties, a...

State unveils stringent new traffic law proposals as Alcoblow set for return on Kenyan roads
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 20, 2025

If adopted, the rules will reintroduce alcohol testing using approved breathalysers, blood and urine samples, an approach meant to enforce clear alcoh...

1,000 alcoblows to be deployed in new anti-drunk driving crackdown - CS Chirchir
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 06, 2025

Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir, who visited Kaplong Hospital to condole with victims and families, expressed outrage over the in...

NTSA's efforts to tackle drunk driving on Kenya's roads
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 08, 2024

Although there is no specific data on the number of lives lost through drunk driving, it has always been mentioned that alcohol is a huge contributing...

Tens of Kenyans to spend Easter in police custody for flouting traffic rules
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 31, 2024

The majority of those arrested on Sunday, in the joint operation by the NTSA and traffic police, were excess passengers in public service vehicles.

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