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How rot in police force drives away businesses

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Traffic police officers from Matuu Police Station in Machakos were arrested for an allegation of taking bribes from motorists along Thika-Garissa highway on Saturday by Ethics and Anti-Corruption officers. [File, Standard]

The deep rot within the National Police Service (NPS) is among the factors that have made doing business in Kenya difficult, driving away investors to other destinations.

This is according to a new report by a task force chaired by retired Chief Justice David Maraga on the force, which has fingered the traffic police as a major impediment to sectors such as transport.

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