Over 300 passengers from Nairobi and Mombasa were detained at a police roadblock at Gamba for more than seven hours delaying their journey to Lamu County. Police escort a convoy of PSV matatus and shuttles at the Coast Twitter"The commuters arrived late at the police roadblock. At that time, police officers were already escorting other buses to Lamu," Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia said, defending the officers. He added that the commuters nearly deserted the buses to walk on foot from Gamba to Lamu, over 40 kilometres away. The new structure entailed multi-agency coordination, advanced training and equipment upgrades, community involvement and incentives for security officers.

Source: Daily Nation March 06, 2021 07:52 UTC