Ichung’wah claimed in an interview with Ajazeera that he was once pulled over for speeding at the age of 19, but he did not pay a bribe.
“I gave an explanation to get out of the situation. He said, “You never have to pay a bribe.”
During a recent trip to Kenya, a Head to Heads show guest reported seeing low-level corruption on the country’s roadways, which was allegedly perpetrated by drivers and traffic police officers.
The woman claimed to have seen traffic cops accepting bribes on the streets. The woman remarked, “My uncle, who was driving, said that officers frequently accept bribes, and it happens all the time.”
But according to Ichung’wah, it takes two to tangle, meaning that there must be both a bribe giver and a bribe taker.
According to him, bribes are collected by police officials on the road because the drivers who give them the money are at fault.
He went on, “Perhaps you’re talking on your phone.”
Ichung’wah continued by saying that the Kenya Kwanza administration is making every effort to fight corruption.
He went on to say that people pay bribes because of the difficulty that an arrest causes.
According to a survey done in Kenya in October 2023, a traffic police officer is three times more likely to request a bribe than an official.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Survey 2023 states that the three public agencies most likely to engage in bribery are regular police, county health departments, and traffic police.
