[A traffic officer checks alcohol level by tasting a motorist using an Alcoblow. Photo/Courtesy]
A Nairobi Court has declared illegal, the use of alcohol breathalysers, commonly known as Alcoblow.
They are usually used by Kenyan traffic police officers and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), to determine the amount of alcohol motorists on wheel, take.
Its main purpose according to NTSA, is to end drunk driving.
A three-judge bench at the Court of Appeal ruled, Friday, that the Laws which formulated use of Alcoblow were inconsistent with the Traffic Act, and should be taken back to Parliament for review.
This follows a petition by Reminisce Club on Nairobi's Lang'ata Road, which sought the Court's intervention to stop the use of the breathalysers.