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Drivers share earnings with police

By Nicholas Waitathu

KENYA: Matatu drivers, who are routinely pulled over by police at checkpoints, claim they must pay bribes equivalent to several seat fares, even when they have not committed a crime or – in a racket that the Transport Commandant is now urging Kenyan citizens to bring to an end.

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