The Motorists Association of Kenya has demanded that the National Police Service (NPS) ban traffic police officers from using personal vehicles while at work.
In a statement dated Monday, June 30, the association lamented the growing use of personal cars in traffic enforcement.
According to the group, the officers had abandoned the normal police vehicles and were using their personal cars to intimidate motorists.
"Worse still, senior officers have abandoned official police vehicles and now cruise in high-end personal machines, fuelled by illicit money, to intimidate and chase down motorists," read the statement in part.
"We demand the following urgent actions, including the cessation of all unofficial traffic operations using unmarked, unregistered, or privately owned vehicles."
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Additionally, the motorists called for an audit of the traffic fines that motorists are asked to pay after their arrests.
The association also demanded that action be taken against the officers accused of extorting Kenyans.
For instance, the association accused some officers of coming up with fake speed limits on certain roads to extort money from motorists.
"We demand the formation of a special task force led by civilian oversight and independent prosecutors to investigate extortion cartels within the police service," the association demanded.
"To the leadership of the National Police Service and the Ministry of Interior: You cannot reform what you tolerate. Every day of silence is complicity. We will not allow our roads to become toll stations for extortionists in uniform."
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