Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) on Monday, June 14, mounted an impromptu crackdown along Southern Bypass and arrested truck drivers.
In a statement, the authority explained that the trucks were found parked along the busy highway.
KeNHA explained that parking by the roadside is illegal in Kenya and that was likely to lead to a spike in accidents that have been experienced along the bypass.
The team, which comprised of the Axle Load Enforcement Highway Unit (ALEHU), also disclosed that the parked trucks lead to an increase in insecurity along the road.
"A team from the Axle Load Enforcement Highway Unit (ALEHU) conducted a crackdown on illegal parking along the Southern Bypass. Over 12 heavily loaded trucks were found parked along the road. The drivers will be arraigned on charges of illegal parking.
"Parking along the road is illegal and dangerous to other motorists," read the statement in part.
The crackdown comes after an uproar emerged from the public which complained that the truck drivers and owners were increasingly parking on the roadside.
Some claimed that the mechanics had turned the roadside into workshops.
This comes two days after three suspects were arrested by police over a string of mugging victims along the Southern Bypass.
The police also recovered 102 phones in a Kibra workshop in a crackdown to flush out thugs who rob off residents on the highway.
According to Langata Sub-County Police commander Benjamin Mwanthi, detectives traced a victim's phone to one of the suspects.
Southern Bypass has been on the spot over increased cases of insecurity, with road users reporting incidences of robbery with violence.
“I got robbed at gun-point along the Southern Bypass at 11 am. Three men came from nowhere trying to break the windows of the car with stones.
"I was so scared I opened the window and they took everything,” a motorist intimated to Kenyans.co.ke
