See the following sections of Cap. 403 (Traffic Act).
36. (1) Any person driving a motor vehicle on a road shall carry his driving licence or provisional licence, and on being so required by
a police officer, produce it for examination.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “driving licence or provisional licence” includes such other evidence as will satisfy the police that there is no contravention of section 30.
(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding
one hundred shillings.
37.(1) A driving licence shall be in the form of a computerized smart card made of plastic material containing a micro-processor-based chip, and provisional licences shall be in the prescribed form, which shall be impressed with the official stamp of the issuing authority.
(2) The driving licence shall have -
(a) a front side, which shall contain the Personal Identification Number (PIN) and Identity Card Number, photograph, name,
date of birth, sex, signature, and licence number of the licence holder, and the class of the vehicle to be driven or restricted;
and
(b) a rear side, which shall contain the thumb print of the licence holder, the date of issue per class, the date of expiry per
class, conditions and any other information, if any, and the signature and reference number of the issuing authority.
(3) The micro-processor based chip shall contain features for micro-printing, image hosting, ultra-violet printing (logo), the
national coat of arms, hologram, and both side lamination.
(4) The micro-processor based chip shall contain the driver’s name, biometric information, the photograph, signature, licence
number, class of vehicle to be driven or restricted, the date of issue, the date of expiry, conditions or other information, if any,
and the signature and reference number of the issuing authority.
38. If a driving licence or provisional licence is lost, defaced or mutilated, the Registrar shall, upon application being made in the
prescribed form and upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the holder a duplicate licence or provisional licence:
Provided that where any licence or provisional licence which has been lost is subsequently found the holder shall forthwith
deliver up to the licensing officer such duplicate.