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"content": "One time when I was a Minister for Roads and Public Works, similar complaints were addressed to me and I directed the Commissioner of Police then, to reshuffle all the police officers manning weigh bridges countrywide. That was effected. A week later, two officers came to my office pleading with me to talk to the Commissioner of Police to take them back to the weigh bridges. I asked them why. They told me it is there where there is money and where they were not dry. They did not know that I was the one who had actually given instructions that they be removed from the weigh bridges. Secondly, the Association of Transporters of Kenya also came to see me complaining about bribes at road blocks. They complained that there are so many road blocks all the way from Mombasa to Malaba and Busia and they have to part with a lot of money. They have to give the drivers what they call â kifungua njiaâ so that whenever they reach a road block, they have to part with money in order to move forward. That was actually a standard fee. The Governments of Rwanda and Uganda have complained to us that the cost of transporting goods from Mombasa up to the border is too high because they have to pay bribes at every stop on the way. Therefore, this is a reality in our country. There are several others. That is why we have a commitment and have made a resolve to deal with this cancer of corruption effectively. We need the support of this House to enable us to carry this war to its logical conclusion."
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