Today, we The Clean Kenya Campaign wishes to commend the
traffic department under Traffic Commandant Mr. Benson Kibue. Through the Toa Sauti campaign
supported by Safaricom, they will reduce deaths on our roads.
An offending matatu picking passengers on the road in Kawangrare.
While driving in Kawangware towards our offices
after an activity in Pumwani Majengo, we came face to face with impunity on the
roads. A Matatu driver, picking passengers right in the middle of the road
rudely refused to give way to other motorists, ourselves included. When we
sought to ask him to pick passengers from the designated stage, re rudely told us that he
was not stopping us from going to wherever we wished and we should mind our own business.
We took photographic evidence of this, contacted the Traffic Commandant who immediately instructed the Deputy Commandant Nairobi Mr. Katana to
track down that matatu and have it arrested. Within 30 minutes, action had been taken
and the driver arrested, we have been called to Nairobi Area traffic
police and the matter is with them.
We must all play our roles in creating order in our society.
We must make an effort to clean our systems, attitudes, and mindsets.Our physical, social and political environments need cleaning.
There is a lot of disorder on the roads and we must join the
traffic police to police our roads. We must speak out and refuse to be
intimidated by rowdy, disrespectful and discourteous motorists. We must also
abide by the laws and ensure we do not contribute to this disorder.
As pedestrians and motorists, we must obey traffic rules and
regulations. We must obey the traffic lights and stop and move when permitted
to.
This is the only way we can create an orderly society and The
Clean Kenya Campaign joins the Traffic Department and Safaricom to advance TOA
SAUTI CAMPAIGN. Our collective voices must be heard in rejecting impunity, carelessness, dangerous attitudes and lack of
courtesy from our roads.
Otieno Sungu.
The Clean Kenya Campaign.
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