Some bar owners, especially those whose bars are located along Thika Superhighway and those along The Eastern Bypass in Kamakis area are now colluding with corrupt National Transport and Safety Authority B officers to steal from the patrons.
The trick here is that, they usually call these NTSA guys at around 7pm in the evening to lay ambush near their bars. So, whenever any of the patrons wishes to drive home after some few drinks, the owners of these bars warn them of the now dreaded ‘vuta pumzi’ checks near the area. They advise them to leave their cars at the bar and call a taxi home.
Considering that most of these places are not all that secure and the kind of inconveniences these patrons would experience the following morning going to work without their vehicles, most of these customers end up opting to drink their way till morning and drive to work then without fear of crossing paths with the NTSA.
In that way, the bar owners reaps more money from these unsuspecting clients. The NTSA guys get paid by the bar owner in return for holding these drunks in his joint.
The authorities should therefore crack the whip on these people, especially in Kamakis area where this racket involving NTSA vuta pumzi officers is very rampant.
Why not pay a sober person to drive you to your home?I know I have done that several times. It’s much better than drinking till morning when I hadn’t planned to. Sounds stupid to me.
