Corrupt police lie in wait at Imara Daima rail station

People cross the railway line at the Imara Daima station. Police hide at the station and arrest people crossing the line and only release them after they have paid a bribe of Sh1,000. [Photo: David Gichuru, Standard]

A police post at Nairobi’s Imara Diama railway station has turned into a gold mine for corrupt officers deployed to provide security for the commuter service. The officers operate in civilian clothes, giving much attention not to those seeking to board the train, mostly at around 7:15am, but to thousands of passersby who use a path across the rails avoiding the highway.

They strategically position one of them at the station’s entrance while two others observe who crosses the railway line while using their mobile phones.