Matatu operators seek digitised system to end extortion by police

When President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore used their cards to pay for a ride after registering for the new cashless payment system for public service vehicles at State House, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Chairman of the Matatu Welfare Association, Dickson Mbugua, has said the introduction of a digitised fine-collection system for traffic offenders will help stem runaway corruption by traffic police and county officials.

While speaking to The Saturday Standard, Mr Mbugua accused officers from the traffic police department, and county askaris, faulting them for uncontrolled extortion of Public Service Vehicles (PSV).