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"speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
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"legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, the Ministry is not aware that police officers manning weighbridges are demanding bribes from drivers and owners of overloaded trucks. However, the Minister is aware that police officers are deployed in various weighbridges to provide the following services:- (i) security; (ii) direct motor vehicles from the main road into the weighbridges; (iii) detain motor vehicles and guard them as directed by the weighbridge officers; and (iv) prosecute overloading offenders. All weighbridges, except Mariakani and Athi River, are manned by the Ministry of Roads staff. Mariakani and Athi River are manned by a privately contracted company namely Otieno Odongo and Partners Consulting Engineers. But whenever complaints of bribery are received, action is usually taken, which includes, taking such wayward officers to court if there is proof. (b) The police, in charging the owners of such vehicles before courts, act within the provisions of Section 58 (1) of the Traffic Act, Cap. 403 Laws of Kenya which states in part, âAny person who drives or uses on a road a vehicle in contravention of the provision of Section 55 or 56 shall be guilty of an offence and will be liable to a fine not"
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