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News Hub Creator Feb 16, 2022 3:17 PM
Police have launched a crackdown targeting idle matatu passengers, commonly known as kupiga seti or Kamagera, in an attempt to streamline the sector.
Speaking to media, Police Spokesperson Bruno Shioso noted that some of the idle passengers end up engaging in crime.
He further explained that those found plotting to commit a crime would be arrested and presented in the court of law with some having been nabbed in Nairobi's Kamukunji area.
"People who sit in matatus preparing to commit a crime, they must be arrested. If the intention can be proven, through evidence and intelligence that that is what they do, they will be arrested for that. For idling or whatever it is.
"I am sure they have arrested so many (idlers) in places such as Kamukunji. That is a legal issue and those are petty offences," he explained.
The new line of competitive business where the idle individuals are hired by the matatu operators to mislead commuters that the vehicles are almost full has been on the rise recently.
The 'squad', which includes more than four individuals working in cahoot with matatu drivers, are usually paid between Ksh10 and Ksh20 per session.
What worries the police force is that some of the idlers join the ring with ill motives leading to the harassment of other passengers and sometimes muggings.
Matatu Welfare Association chairman Dickson Mbugua, however, defended the matatus engaging in the practice noting that it is not an illegal business.
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News Hub Creator Feb 16, 2022 3:17 PM
Police have launched a crackdown targeting idle matatu passengers, commonly known as kupiga seti or Kamagera, in an attempt to streamline the sector.
Speaking to media, Police Spokesperson Bruno Shioso noted that some of the idle passengers end up engaging in crime.
He further explained that those found plotting to commit a crime would be arrested and presented in the court of law with some having been nabbed in Nairobi's Kamukunji area.
"People who sit in matatus preparing to commit a crime, they must be arrested. If the intention can be proven, through evidence and intelligence that that is what they do, they will be arrested for that. For idling or whatever it is.
"I am sure they have arrested so many (idlers) in places such as Kamukunji. That is a legal issue and those are petty offences," he explained.
The new line of competitive business where the idle individuals are hired by the matatu operators to mislead commuters that the vehicles are almost full has been on the rise recently.
The 'squad', which includes more than four individuals working in cahoot with matatu drivers, are usually paid between Ksh10 and Ksh20 per session.
What worries the police force is that some of the idlers join the ring with ill motives leading to the harassment of other passengers and sometimes muggings.
Matatu Welfare Association chairman Dickson Mbugua, however, defended the matatus engaging in the practice noting that it is not an illegal business.
mukavi ndatoire nyumerero
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