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Save motorists from thieving police, NTSA

Charles Gichanja shows how a speed gun works. This was on Thika road at Juja. PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]

Corruption, they say, is a way of life in the Kenya Police Service that officers seem to be using every opportunity to make a quick buck.

Traffic Policemen, in particular, are perceived to be incorrigibly corrupt. While the introduction of mobile courts in 2013 was well-intended, the corruption cartels in the department abused it. Following a huge public outcry, it was subsequently withdrawn. Now it has emerged that the speed gun is the latest gadget to be misused by unscrupulous policemen in cahoots with officers from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).

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