Kisii roads impunity has thrived for more than a decade now.
Overloading and speeding hare common activities on Kisii roads.
The public transport matatus are the major lawbreakers when it comes to road sanity.
When boarding a 14 seater matatus at the Kisii bus terminal, it is considered full when is it packed up to 18 passengers.
In addition to this, three more will be added to hang on the matatu's slide door.
Both the matatus and the notorious Toyota pro box hunt massively for passengers which leads to over speeding to catch up with them at the next stop.
The pro box cars will always accommodate up to 14 passengers and the boot is considered more comfortable.
Our journey to Rongo town from Kisii using one of the PVS took 20 minutes rather than the usual 30 minutes.
At Tabaka police roadblock, the conductor dropped a folded shilling note and drove off. On board, we were 19 passengers including an extra teenager in the driver's seat.
Ironically, this has been adopted by both the travellers and the matatus' crews as the travellers will never resist boarding a full PSV.
"It is our custom to carry around 22 passengers here. I have never encountered any passenger complaining. Instead, they give room for more accommodation," said Onyancha, a tout plying the Kisii - Rongo route.
"I am used to this. We are packed in four per seat instead of three and some hang at the door. Even women do it! said Eric Nyarango, a daily traveller under Kisii - Kilgoris route.
The various traffic police roadblocks have not made things better as corruption has been rampant.
With Sh.50 per trip, drivers avoid road impunity charges.During the previous NTSA crackdowns, the drivers use alternative routes to avoid being fined.
Communication between the drivers on the road has been their survival tactic to avoid such roadblocks.
"The county government should make sure the Michuki rules are followed. Kisii is among the counties that has the worst road impunity," said Dancun Bundi a resident in Kisii.
Speaking on phone, Kisii police boss Mr Francis Nguli said that he has not received any cases of corruption within the traffic policemen in his area.
"No one has come forward to report any corruption cases in my office. But I ask the citizens at large to be extra vigilant on the roads and report any unusual trend," he said.
Several people have died on the Kisii region roads due to avoidable circumstances where over speeding and overloading being the major causes.