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Alcoblow’s 12 years of fines, law suits and road squabbles

A driver blows an Alcoblow machine to test alcohol consumption along West road in Nakuru Town. (Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard)

The fresh controversy surrounding the use of breathalysers has raised questions about why implementation of a gadget designed to make roads safer has consistently been fought for 12 years now.

It is not in doubt that Kenyans love to imbibe and party. Why they like endangering their lives by driving under the influence of alcohol is still a question for debate. But in a country where circumventing regulations is a national hobby, the alcoblow gadget has had its fair amount of wars waged against it by cheeky drivers who want to drink in “peace” and pub owners who see it as a business destroyer.

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