I do appreciate that the goverment would like to curb road carnage. i also support the process to stop road carnage. kenyans deserve to enjoy the roads and travell safely without the fear of some drunk driver or sleeping driver of city to city bus causing a masacre on the road.
Travelling to many is a hobby and they should be able to enjoy it and connect at their destination. So now we have road courts. a funny dressed officer stops you on the highway for doing more that 110km which by the way is now the highway speed limit for saloon cars.
He then ushers you to a tired bored looking Judge who wonders why he/she is not seated in a cozy room at his chambers but has to confired on a rustbucket and highway dust taking fines and causing traffic jam.
If the reality this gimmick is to enable to curb road carnage the policeman and the Judge should do this day and night stopping cars and taking name plus fine.
Of what benefit is to harass the morning drivers who actually left early morning so as to clearly avoid the City to City bus carnage. when the owners of this ill fated bus hide them in some dungeon in easily waiting to release hell at 3.30pm on the highway.
The judge and the police man are snoring the night away. Believe me from mai mai to Narok the re is only one police post , deep into nowhere with a police man who is concern with Hyenas not bitting his ass off than City to City bus flying through the root.
Now now now! mr policeman tells us that the bus was over loaded. i am surprised he has not heard of the kisii probox or the Mbita Olwendas or the hombay wish that carry upto nine passangers and yes the judge and the policeman are nowhere on those roots.
The driver of the probox hangs lugubriously on the door and drive the probox at 120 km while my luo friend is concern that his fat buttock wont fit , this seat brother (ja homabay) is meant for three we are six my friend your behind is not our concern.
Heading to kisii my dear brother fnds that we are squeezed and cant breathe but still wants to enjoy the luxury of sugarcane in the same matatu. by the way we do not have the Judge and policeman on the Hombay kisii route.
Reaching Suneka are very compromised police man and woman are concerned with seat belts, am perplexed how we can tire this michuki things when we are four on a three seater. this guy sitting on a plank of wood, is he/she invisible to the policeman.
Lets get back to The Judge seating in a bench under a tree waiting to pass judgement while drinking water and wondering why he is here.
My dear i left kisumu to go to Nairobi with only 5,000 shillings on me, i have nothing more than that. here now this policeman has arrested me for looking confused in an over crowded bus with no seat belt. Am fined 5,000sh that i probably do not have as i had to content with my friend chewing sugarcane to the point that i had to purchase some for my kids back home.
Well am to shipped to i dont know where untill i can disturb my relatives to make this safaricom guy even rich by mpesaring me some csh to sort this judge as bond. Now a happy journey has turned into me having madeni.hiding in nairobi till i can get the money to pay back is now the norm.
Anyway this road courts are not a solution to the road carnage but a money making scheme. you will not escape judgement when the hungry policeman stops you on the road. further more a journey of two hours turns to 8 hours because of the jam they create.