Fullykenyan wrote:The President should also disband the traffic department of police and re-institute it afresh. All officers should go home and re-apply for admission. Only those with clean records, should be reeinstated. Or let the president encourage only Legio Maria members, Wakorino,Kalasinga and those of dini ya kovonoko to apply. These people are known for their honesty. He should then ask for help from the EU to train them. Believe the ghost of corruption will be slayed. desperate moments call for desperate measures
I like your optimism but the figures involved are astronomical. Over 1 Billion per year. And the cash goes all the way up.
2NK sacco in Nyeri is one of the most disciplined. Their drivers have a very strict code of conduct. The owners have to maintain their vehicles to the Sacco's high standards. They have one of the best safety records. Guess what, they have a budget of Kes 5M per year for "wakubwa".
If a disciplined sacco needs to see mkubwa, how about citi hoppa? Embassava ? umoinner ?ongataline ?
There is a mhindi who runs the largest site-excavation, dumping and back-filing business in kenya. He has over 500 TATA trucks for dumping cotton soil. All his trucks have chains hanging on the front. Its not a useless decoration. Its a message to every traffic cop. And the message is "don't dare". They are never stopped by anyone in the city.
Its an amazingly efficient operation. Instructions flow downwards smoothly without any written command or signal. Cash flows upwards.
A traffic cop wouldn't waste his time arresting a matatu. Back at the station, he will be countermanded and the vehicle released. The parent SACCO has a monthly "meeting" with the boss.
That is why private motorists bear the brunt of traffic police harassment. And the magistrates and state counsel have to support the cartel. By making sure those who opt to pay fines find the process expensive, painful and cumbersome.
Mutunga attempted to make the process people-friendly. Mandatory bail for minor offences and such. The cartel fought back viciously. He had to go to Kibera to ask why his own staff were disregarding his directives.