State orders crackdown on speeding miraa vehicles, probes financiers

Jackson Safari, a miraa vehicle driver. He says the drivers are fast but observe all traffic rules as they ferry the lucrative cargo to destinations across Kenya.[FILE/Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered a crackdown on speeding Miraa vehicles.

Speaking on Friday in Kirinyaga County during the Jukwaa La Usalama, Murkomen said that the government has tried initiating dialogue with the operators, but they defied.