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Apr 27, 2009

Corruption * Kenya - Lack of trucks ensure axle load limit headed for failure

A year after Uganda joined Kenya in banning four-axle trucks on its roads, the policy is headed for failure as corruption and bribery take their toll

Nairobi,Kenya -The East African, by DAVID MALINGHA DOYA -April 26 2009: -- Industry sources and officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport say low trucking capacity in the country and feeble supervision has created a large bribery industry... Overloading benefits both freight companies and their clients as lower transport costs result in significant profit margins and lower prices... Sources in the Ministry of Works, and in private transport companies, confirmed that overloading is prevalent in sectors in which transport is a significant cost factor, particularly cement, steel and beverages... Transport and Works Minister, John Nasasira, says intelligence information indicates that corrupt officials wait for trucks a kilometre or so before the weighbridge to negotiate a bribe... Thereafter, they call their partners at the weighbridge with registration numbers and details of who has “co-operated”. “A truck that has paid a bribe will have no difficulty in driving past the weighbridge,” he said... Sources familiar with the racket said discriminatory enforcement of load limits is not just about roadside extortion but is a “organised and institutionalised corruption” involving prominent business people and highly placed bureaucrats in the ministry. They are paid hundreds of millions of shillings for their “co-operation.”... (Photo by ANTHONY KAMAU - A lorry at a weighbridge in Athi River, Nairobi. Many vehicles cross from Kenya into Uganda when they are already overloaded)

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