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Sep 2021

16m 42s

Why is Kenya fed up with police roadbloc...

Bbc World Service

About this episode

Enough with the petty bribes: Kenyan drivers are fed up with having to pay off police officers every time they’re stopped on the road. Police chiefs are concerned – and they believe the solution might be to scale down roadblocks and static police checks. But how much of a difference will it make?

Hosted by Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja on Twitter)

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