Rid weighbridges of graft to save our roads from ruin

On Monday, this newspaper reported a major traffic snarl-up, whose epicentre was at Mariakani along the Nairobi-Mombasa Road. The jam, which stretched for 10km on either side of the highway, reportedly occurred after Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) jettisoned those charged with manning the weighbridge, whom it accused of corruption, and replaced them with its own officials who weren’t good at the job.

Now, the problem of corruption at weighbridges has been discussed for long. Solutions have been sought and implemented but none seems to eradicate the problem completely.