Stakeholders in the transport sector in Yatta area have urged the government to ensure that traffic officers engaging in graft are reshuffled or prosecuted.
The police have been put on the spot for allowing lawbreakers get away with crimes by accepting bribes from Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators. The stakeholders are now demanding that stiff penalties be placed on rogue traffic police.
Speaking during a security meeting in Yatta Town on Sunday, 2TS Sacco Chairman Antony Ndiema called for the law to be applied uniformly on all lawbreakers while legislation is put in place to curb giving and issuing of bribes.
Yatta traffic police base commander Daniel Magut urged all involved in the transport sector to ensure they adhere to the set rules to avoid being on the wrong side of the law.
He noted that road accidents, especially motor cycles accidents, have reduced by 70 per cent since he arrived in the area three months ago. He attributed the reduction to cooperation between the operators and the police as well and enhanced community policing.
Magut assured the stakeholders that the police will carry out their duties professionally and that they will not take advantage of stiff penalties to extort money from the operators.
"We are happy when you don't break the law because our work is not to arrest but maintain law and order. Punishment will be served to those breaking laws. The accidents have reduced and it's commendable for you to continue that way," he said.
The county government was in the meeting urged to repair all the loopholes along the area roads to enable swift transport by the operators.