The traffic department has been scrapped and any police officer can now be deployed to man traffic in a major policy shift.

The reporting structure of the traffic department has been overhauled and police station commanders given powers to deal with all traffic matters in their area of command.

There will no longer be police officers attached to the department. Any police officer can now be deployed to do traffic work as well as general duties in the latest directive by the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet.

Already, some county police chiefs have started implementing the new directive while others are dragging their feet.

Nakuru county commander Hassan Barua in a letter reference 1/3/6/3 Vol 94 has directed all traffic police in his county to report to station commanders and take charge of traffic management in their jurisdiction.

Barua said station commanders will decide on whom to deploy to traffic duties. This means that there will be no specific police officers attached to the traffic department as the case has been.

Police station bosses will plan a weekly duty rooster where even police officers falling under the general duties office can now be deployed to traffic duties.

The changes have drawn mixed reaction from the rank and file.

Some officers, especially those who worked in the traffic department which was seen as a lucrative posting, have opposed the changes and think the new directive will mess up traffic management.

I had to say something when I see something refreshing.

I'm totally against the so called "traffic department".

Wacha kila mtu akule kidogo. It may increase moral especially for those cops who have to carry G3's every day walking in the sun. It's their turn to eat.

The problem with the traffic department is not their formations. It's that they are basically corrupt. It's that simple and clear. Why not just get rid of the members of the traffic department and get new ones?

Now this cop who was bugging me juzi because of my changaa den will now go to the parking lot and start talking about my insurance.

By the way Murchr, what became of that thug who beats up people willy nilly at Tea Room? Ama he disappeared like the Wanjigi CCTV guy?

I'm still against Hessy and his hoodlums in uniform. The only reason this guy will be dealt with is because he knows toooooo mashhh. Not any particularly moral reason that the Hessy thug will have in his heart.

Thieves have no honor. When things go bad, they will shoot you and say

"the mboys fayad mbak after hefy downfall of mburets. Anfotunetry the loba shot herself inside his head and band his body before the mboys could alest im."

Yes, we know the story Murchr.

Murchr

The days of talking all the time ended when my kids didn't get a laptop this year and still paying fees.

We know Jubilee likes talking tough a lot. So let's try another approach.

If Hessy is such a hot shot cop who is blessed by the Virgin Mary, why doesn't he start with the cops who wrote up those charge sheets.

There's a story going round that a lady is now in prison just because of this thug.

If Uhuru Government can declare a citizen of Kenya not a citizen, surely they can get a tout and come up with a reasonable charge?

Ama ni mambo na malaptops, lapsset, SGR na stadiums in every county?

Hapa Uongo Tu!