Bribing of Traffic Police is booming business

The blatant bribing of traffic policemen on the highways is serious business as the officers now carry change to give to motorists, says Martin Tairo Maseghe. And he’s speaking from experience, having driven recently on Mombasa highway, where he was flagged down. As he spoke to an officer, the driver of truck driver who had been driving behind him produced a Sh1,000 note and was promptly given back what he thought could have been something like Sh900


Published in the Daily Nation of 12th January, 2009