Police have appealed to both National and County Assemblies to put in place strict punitive traffic laws to stop traffic offenders from repeating the same offense.
Led by Nyanza Regional Police Coordinator Charles Narangwi and Kisumu Traffic Commandant Joshua Omukata, they expressed concern that those punished before are normally arrested again with the same offense.
“We find it notorious that a person is arrested with the same traffic offense each time and it is about time strict laws are put in place to help curb traffic offenses, “said Narangwi.
He said that it is very discouraging to arrest someone of an offense and then go ahead to nab him with the same offense days after being punished.
“Most motorists who flout the traffic rules make it difficult for us to arrest them and even book a court order with them.”
Narangwi also dismissed claims by motorists that the police are not doing enough to bring sanity to our roads.
“How do you explain a case where a motorist keeps breaking the rules every time on the roads and saying the police are not doing their jobs?” he asked.
They complained that the motorists were accusing the police of laxity yet they were the ones who caused the accidents.
“It is not in order for motorists to blame the police yet they do not want to cooperate with the police once they have been caught breaking the traffic rules,” complained Narangwi.
They now want better rules and more stringent measures to curb the rampant cases of traffic offences on the roads saying observance to laws is not a choice.
Traffic Boss Omukata noted that the traffic offenders were a threat to all users and asked that strict rules be enacted to tame them.
They were speaking at the Regional Police headquarters in Kisumu on yesterday.