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How police, NTSA use speed guns to terrorise drivers by manipulating gadgets

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

Joshua Murimi always sets his car at 95 kilometres per hour (km/hr) when driving through Thika Road and between Makuyu and Sagana.

But he was recently flagged down for allegedly speeding above the 100km/hr limit on these sections of the highway. When he challenged the police to join him for a ride to confirm he was not speeding, they declined and let him go.

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