Updated Tue, June 7th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Long-distance truck drivers began peaceful demonstrations yesterday despite the police warning the demonstrations are illegal. Not for the first time, truck drivers have complained of police harassment. The Kenyan Truck Drivers Group chairman Hassan Kabeberi said they would use 3,000 trucks to strategically block major roads on the Nairobi–Mombasa, Nairobi-Nakuru and Busia-Kisumu sections. Consequently, 37 drivers have been killed in South Sudan since January this year. Indeed, as any motorist on the Kenyan roads will attest, traffic police officers have become notorious for soliciting bribes for minor traffic infractions.

Source: Standard Digital June 06, 2016 21:00 UTC