Let special police squad deal with boda boda menace

A section of boda boda riders during anti-government protests in Nairobi, on July 16, 2024. [File, Standard]

When a country starts the slow but sure slide into anarchy, it does so one boda boda at a time. At least this is the case for African countries like ours. These people are a law unto themselves. Even the law enforcement officers have given up trying to herd these stray cats and instead, have devoted their life to collecting fifty bob bribes from public transport vehicles.

When the average driver engages even in the slightest infraction of real (and sometimes imagined) traffic laws, a policeman will quickly emerge from the woodwork and rain hail and brimstones on the poor soul with the sole intention of softening them for a bribe.