
Drama unfolded after a corrupt traffic policeman tried to solicit
a bribe from a motorist. It all started along Mombasa road during the
mid-morning hours. As his usual behavior, the officer raised his hand and stopped
one of the many vehicles plying the route to source for “breakfast”. “Wapi
License yako mzee?” Where is your driving license old man? The officer asked
which he was given to view and it was valid and ok. As he continued to inspect
the vehicle, it looked pretty obvious that everything was in good condition. On
noticing this, he started mentioning mistakes that never existed. “Si ni wewe
ulikuwa unaoverlap hapa jana.” “It was you overlapping here yesterday”, the
officer exclaimed. The senior officer who was on leave looked all calm and
seemed to explain that he had not done any wrong. On seeing that the motorist was
not getting the common language which meant (when I stop you, you need to give
me something for breakfast before I let you go), he asked the motorist openly, “wewe
uko na ngapi?” How much do you have? The motorist was quick to help and offered
30/= to the officer but warning him that if this is what he does, he was going
to have serious problems. He also drew out his work badge and asked the junior
officer to meet him in his office later for disciplinary action. “Samea mimi
Afande”, Forgive me sir, is all the rogue officer could say looking all sweaty.
He then tried wiping his sweaty face with a handkerchief, only for several folded
currency notes collected as bribe coming out instead of the handkerchief thus
incriminating him even more.
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