Masengeli warns traffic police against taking bribes

Acting Police Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli (left) and Director of Directorate of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Ibrahim Amin after a meeting with traffic police commandants on the rising road accidents across the country, in Nairobi on September 17, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has fired a warning shot to traffic officers taking bribes on Kenyan roads.

He was speaking Tuesday at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Training Academy in Nairobi after a meeting with Regional Traffic Enforcement Officers from across the country.