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Taxi drivers cry foul over crackdown in Meru

 
Meru Women's Representative Florence Kajuju has a word with a senior officer in Imenti North, after she visited the traffic base commander Vincent Okoth at the Meru Police Station over street protests by angry taxi operators claiming to be harassed by police ,on June 27,2016. (PHOTO: PETER MUTHOMI/ STANDARD)

Taxi operators in Meru town have protested over increased harassment by traffic policemen and officials of the National Transport Safety Authority.

Owners of 500 taxis plying the Makutano, Kemu and Ruiri routes from Meru town claimed they were unfairly targeted.

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