The Judiciary will this Thursday, 20^th September 2012, officially launch a new system for paying traffic fines through M-Pesa. This system dubbed: Faini Chap Chap has been available at Milimani and Kibera Law Courts on a pilot phase basis and will be officially launched by the Chief Justice Dr Willy Mutunga.

This will save traffic offenders the trouble of having to stand in long queues to pay their fines. They will simply follow these six simple steps on their phones to pay their fine:

• Select ‘paybill’ from the M-Pesa menu
• Enter paybill number: 583400
• Enter Account Number which will be a court number, eg 0501#HCC/3050/12
• Enter amount you want to pay
• Confirm the details
• You will get a transaction confirmation

This system is aimed at improving the delivery of justice as part of the ongoing reforms in the judiciary plus increase speed of handling traffic cases.

After the launch, the system will be rolled out in all traffic courts and may be extended to other courts.