Kenya’s Killer Roads - BBC Africa Eye documentary
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- Africa Eye exposes dodgy driving licences and dangerous vehicles on Kenya’s killer roads.
Have the network of roads which criss-cross Kenya become death traps? Between 2020 and 2021 Kenyan road deaths rose more than 20 per cent. Last year, more than 4,500 were killed and over 16,000 injured. The Kenyan Government says drunk driving, overloading, and speeding are among the top causes of the carnage. But is corruption also a factor?
Journalist Richard Chacha, himself paralysed in a road accident ten years ago, joins Africa Eye to expose rogue driving school employees who, for a fee, fix it for rookie drivers to get behind the wheel without ever having to take a driving test. Africa Eye also reveals how brokers take cash to beat the vehicle safety testing system, enabling taxis fit for the scrap heap to be driven on Kenya’s roads…and carry passengers.
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Credit List:
Director - Kassim Mohamed
Producer - Hussein Mohamed
Narrator - Wazir Khamsin
Executive Producer - Shabnam Grewal, Andy Bell
Film Editor - John Moratiel, Tony Robinson
Production Manager - Simon Frost
Production Coordinator - Sarah Clarke
Researcher - John Owens, Alice Muthengi, Thomas Bwire
Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar
Digital Producer - Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Impact Producer - Courtney Bembridge
Reversioning Producer - Izzy Fleming
Online Editor - Chris Stott
Dubbing Mixer - Jez Spencer
Colour Grader - Boyd Nagle
Camera - Rashid Ibrahim
Drone Operator - Chrispine Omuko
Archive - Owour Otet, Michael Nganga, NTV Kenya
Special thanks - E-PLUS (Kenya Red Cross Society)
Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson
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In order to fight corruption, we need more exposure like this.
Facts
Sadly, such exposes always come out, it leads to a little noise. Then back to the usual. Welcome to Kenya
More the exposure more the assassination of true people
You shoudnt rely on a British propganda organization to expose problems in your country
We actually need to vote wisely. Unfortunately in August like clockwork we will vote in people who are not serious.
This documentary could be about just any country on the African continent. It's sad to admit but it's the truth. 98% of the countries in Africa thrive on corruption. It's not just Kenya. I am Nigerian and would say the same for my country.
So true.
Roger that.... Am from Tanzania, Kenya's southern Neighbour.
You are right. You could literally copy/paste this across Africa.
Uganda 🇺🇬 exactly the same...
However, Africa is fortunate that there is currently no corruption in it in relation to the World Health Organization. In Europe, America, and Asia, people have been pushed into vaccination. It is corruption to vaccinate people with a vaccine that has not been fully tested and validated. And that the World Health Organization and governments around the world have been selling people how the dangerous virus is spreading and we are in a pandemic. This is corruption that the mainstream media is not talking about. People get a substance into their bodies for no good reason that they know absolutely nothing about. The vaccine is in the research period and they have already vaccinated about 65% of people, "laboratory mice". However, the instructions for the virus test clearly state that it is for research purposes only. Based on them, we determined the official number of infection. You have corruption on a small level and then there is elite corruption on a global level. But that's the way it is everywhere. They hunt small criminals while the big ones walk free.
Finally a documentary about the dangerous Kenya's roads, poor driving and corruption. I can't drive in Kenya, it gives me chills and nightmares. You don't know how bad this is when you're in it daily. Everytime I visit Kenya I'm glad to leave home safe and thankful to God.
Takes a special kind of mental blockage to manage it. Watching this makes getting into a car again muuch harder tho.
Given the recent case of the lady who was stripped and harassed after getting into an accident with the motorcycle gangs. Its a national issue and NTSA needs to do a crack down on licesnses etc.
Every morning when I wake up and start my car, I have a certain fear in my heart. It is so bad especially in Nairobi and its environs. Fromm reckless drivers to smoking jalopies, you can't help but feel sad for this country. Uhuru has really taken this country to the dustbin.
@@mediantechkenya8568 uhuru a nakujia wapi
And this is why I don't understand when someone asks me why I have to use the train all the time to Nairobi... Mombasa etc whenever I can ... because the fear of our crazy roads is real!
So sorry to see this gentleman Richard Chacha in this state.
It's like this in Nigeria as well, and likely over the whole of Africa. It's so disappointing and embarrassing. People blame corruption for everything, but those same people will be the ones offering bribes for an easy route to get a driving license etc.
It all basically starts with us as individuals, we simply gotta do n be better to overcome this. In Kenya we see it daily how shortcuts end up costing people lives n it is just sad 🤦🏾♂️
Yep, same in Ghana. I hope they make one about Ghana. It's scary how we refuse to think as a people. How can one be so greedy to the point of not thinking about sharing the same road with the people they give these licenses to, and take bribes from to give their cars a "pass". We complain about corrupt leaders, but the individuals are same.
It's always a moral issue and an individual one at that.
Even if those people are offered money, they should be able to refuse and stay honest.
Delete your comment abeg, everything bad you see anywhere in the world you always want to drag Nigeria into it as well.
If you cannot drive at all why the fork are you bribing to get a license ? To kill yourself?
People will only bribe for a license if they already know how to drive but are prevented from getting a license due to long waits, red tapes, onerous bureaucracy and so on.
I myself have been waiting for my driver's license for more than 2 months now, I can drive and I have been driving for over 5 years now, I started driving as a teen in Nigeria.
And I have been using fake license because the person I paid faked a license I never knew it was fake until it expired and I needed to renew it I applied online only to see the license doesn't exist, now I applied for a real one I've been put on a wait list for over 2 months, but i have to drive to work, drive to buy groceries, what do I do? Park my car and use taxi till however long it takes for them to give me my license?
My uncle was a matatu driver for years and never ever had a drivers/license,he was acoholic and often would get achohol tremor often with a matatu full of people,he has since died but thinking about his actions makes chills in my spine.... corruption over lives is a real thing and those that pay the price are sadly the innocent ones
What's a matatu? A tuk tuk?
@@jordanalandry1866 a public service vehicle
@@jordanalandry1866 a public transport van or bus
Richard was one of the top journalists in our country. He had a sense of humour in his reporting .Be strong Richard.
As a Kenyan this pains me a lot, as long as you have money all your problems are solved....!
As long as you have money you can bypass any government requirements for any documentation
@@itgamingke that is my country and it pauns me so much
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Total lack of critical thinking and morals. I just don't understand how people feel when they collect bribes to endanger other people's lives.
@@soussolpoti how many of these kind of Matatu ziko kwa street zina beba watu kwa baro
Recently I was in Uganda, reducing speed or stopping at zebra crossing for pedestrians to pass will fetch you insults from other drivers...I felt something was wrong...sadly when I talked some people about this they never saw a problem with it and actually laughed me off...our problem is not only for those with authority but we are all a problem as Africans...safety doesn’t matter in most of what we do.
Even I am a pilifino Muslim, I've like your comment not belong to me but belong to your countrymen in Africa as I'm your brother, from Philippines.
Africa bro.
Not to mention the only working bridges in most of the Bush areas are 150 year old Dutch built bridges and the roads from that time have all disappeared. Ask a local about the old bridges and they have crazy stories about who built these things.
I don't know what got us to this point but we're too savage and don't value human life.
@life and beyond
It's the same in Ghana if you dare stop at a zebra crossing to let people cross , it's not just insults from other drivers , some stupid drivers will smash the back of your car. Also all that is happening in Kenya is everywhere in Africa.
Welcome to Kenya where money is more valued than human lives,, we live on God's mercy
My hometown is quite small and we have about 5 driving schools. I believe some of them allow you to pay for the license as long as you mention that you can drive. But, I must commend a lady NTSA officer (short hair-deep voice) based at the NTSA HQs-Embu. She's very strict with tests and makes people repeat driving school classes if they do not qualify. She has zero tolerance for bribes.
👏👏👏
We need such people.
This is good. However the cars need to be in good shape...
However, Africa is fortunate that there is currently no corruption in it in relation to the World Health Organization. In Europe, America, and Asia, people have been pushed into vaccination. It is corruption to vaccinate people with a vaccine that has not been fully tested and validated. And that the World Health Organization and governments around the world have been selling people how the dangerous virus is spreading and we are in a pandemic. This is corruption that the mainstream media is not talking about. People get a substance into their bodies for no good reason that they know absolutely nothing about. The vaccine is in the research period and they have already vaccinated about 65% of people, "laboratory mice". However, the instructions for the virus test clearly state that it is for research purposes only. Based on them, we determined the official number of infection. You have corruption on a small level and then there is elite corruption on a global level. But that's the way it is everywhere. They hunt small criminals while the big ones walk free.
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The Reporter's Closing Statement 'Richard Chacha NTV Jioni' still rings in my head
Mazee same I didn’t know alipata accident
@@neshrytrapani also didnt know im surprised to see him here
I have my official driving licence with 100% honesty but I'm scared to drive on roads of Nairobi
I don't drive when I'm there, lol It's a very scary sight! We hire a professional driver to take us from Nairobi to Bondo every time we are in Kenya and even though he is certified and is an excellent driver, it still makes me nervous.
Me too am really scared.
Tembea garissa uone hata ukiwa kwa barabara ukitembea mguu unogopa
Unaeza nyongwa na nyama na ukufe bana, vaa seatbelt na uendeshe gari yako boss 😂 usiogope kifo
@@tkhcompany I'm really scared when going to long journeys I never sleep I will be happy if I see how I die instead dying while sleeping
As an accident survivor whose life was changed because of reckless driving it pains that our country has been reduced to this . How is it that we value money more than a human life . This is sick to the core .
Coz money feeds our kids and ensures a future with not too many problems for them. Pole sana for the accident you experienced, I hope you're better now
ki
@@asparagusonly how will that money feed your children or children of the person one is receiving the bribe from or children of the citizens endangered by a road unworthy vehicle/driver if you/they are dead or maimed for life?
@@Ms.J7890 well it's only through that money that my kids can eat because you can't buy food without money. Also in your scenario I'm dead so I won't be feeling anything at that point coz I'm not alive... But point is that money will help them alot. This is life whether you die choking on a chicken bone or die in an accident it doesn't matter... we will all die someday, we can't live forever
Money over everything
As a Kenyan I have to agree that we need better road safety, reinforced driver training and corruption in driving institutions to be halted. A lot of people die in road accidents it's time for CHANGE!!!
We only need better minds first then will have better roads.
100 yrs to come may be but for now its not gonna happen
True.
The roads are also a problem: Roads with ditches on the sides that cause cars to overturn or crash, lack of lighting on the sides of roads (it’s in the center, third-world style where it exists in urban areas), lack of shoulders, etc. It’s almost impossible to end up in ditches on roads in developed countries and unusual to overturn. I have even thought I might overturn. I saw multiples more overturned vehicles in three years living in Kenya Kenya than I have in the rest of my life.
Since driving is so basic and simple that people pay for license rather than taking a simple test reflects on a place where standards are disregarded and reckless behavior, which classes will not remedy.
My sister drove only 200 metres for her exams, on a straight road in Kenya. How do you gauge someones driving skills for only 200 metres? My exams in Germany lasted 45mins, I drove on the highway, in the city, in residential areas, along the way you have traffic lights, several traffic signs, diversions, pedestrian crossing, trains crossing, and not forgetting how many compulsory driving lessons you must complete.
In Jamaica the exam is 2hrs.
Written test, Yard test and Road test.
Is that what they call the idiot test?
Hehehe I doubt if I even drove 100mtrs
I am a licensed driver well trained with 5 years experience but there's nothing I fear such as driving in Nairobi, though I have no other option
Hakiii.hapo ni survival 4 the fittest
Serious reforms are urgently needed in the transport system in Kenya. The proverbial Michuki rules should return with immediate effect. How long shall we continue losing lives on the road? Enough is enough!
Ngoja uone matiang'i...issuing those pressure induced shit directives...then after two days....is back to corruption as usual ...nobody in government ever follows up nothing ..the corruption goes from the bottom to the top..but one day...there will rise a revolutionist....who will upset the status quo.
It all begins with you. The Mathenge guy who went ahead and bribed the NTSA officials is just a normal guy like most of us. if the people down the cadre are not willing to fight the vice, then it will all be in vain.
Oh Richard Chacha...sad man! My heart goes out to him and all other victims of our broken morality.
I really loved his job at Nation media. So baaad.
...Was having a conversation sometime back wondering where he went and now i hv the answer ....so sad but happy he is doing somthing about it
I went to ROCKY DRIVING SCHOOL and heard the worst experience of my life. They would not let me attend classes nor do my test without giving out cash. I was extorted till I left
Same experience. Went to AA and the experience was way different inclusive of defensive driving
Same thing in glory. There's only one driving school in Kenya- AA. The rest... 🚮
What and I want to start
AA is the best driving school in Kenya by far.
I never knew that Richard Chacha got paralyzed 😥💔. I’ve been out of Kenya for 4 years and never ever saw anything about his accident on social media; this just broke my heart big time. Kenya needs serious prayers and a change of leadership!
He had an accident and was fired from NTV because of it!
That’s wicked 😥
Prayers have never helped with anything and the leadership we elect are corrupt kenyans like you, myself and the other 50m of our brothers and sisters in this country.
Makes two of us
I am broken 😭😭
Such a talented journalist
@@asparagusonly 🤣🤣🤣prayers have helped enrich men & women of God aka pastors.
It starts with us Kenyans being true to the system and stop taking shortcuts then the officials themselves then the police. May God help our country, corruption is too much. 🇰🇪
The officials will fail/disturb you intentionally so that you pay them
That still won't help if there's no punishment/enforcement
@@editingmadeeasy123 Imagine if you resist they can't push you further, they will comply. I am speaking from a first-hand experience. My wife was told by an instructor at Rocky Driving School _ Kitengela to pay Ksh.2000 to pass the test, We agreed she will not. Of course, they failed her. I took it upon myself, visited NTSA offices....presented my case. Was sent back to the school but the one at Railways...booked another exam and this time round passed the exam. We only need to engage them and avoid the rush - Take your time. It cost us more (paying for another test) but I am glad we did the right thing!
Everyone, or at least some of us, will always try to take shortcuts because we as humans are inherently selfish. Therefore, to curb such incidences we should create a fault-proof system that dissuades us from taking such actions.
@@jameskinuthiamunene6356 it won't help if you can still bribe out your way of the enforcement/punishment
Excellent reporting👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿...Corruption in Kenya is at precedent levels, affecting all sectors, destroying innocent lives and our economy. Kenya is an amazing country that is being destroyed by a few greedy people. They need to be exposed!
A few greedy people? Hell no. It's almost everybody. Kenyans are corrupt from the common mwananchi to the president. Corrupt structures are a reflection of the society. The government is not an alien warship, it's Kenyans who are serving in public offices. It's us the people who are the government. We can't point fingers anymore, we are all the problem.
Corruption is the root cause of everything bad in Kenya... EVERYTHING.
The fact that keNHA declined to talk on road design shows that there is another big elephant of corruption at kenHa where road engineers pocket money meant for road shoulders and walk ways
This is embarrassing for my country. Corruption has really eroded every element of our community.
Chris brother in Ethiopia we have the same problem..what a shameless corrupted mind 😔
And many fronting for Ruto.It can only get worse. Prayers for my country. Because of corruption, the face of corruption is a presidential candidate.
It is actually the whole continent, even here in South Africa is too much I'm sure South Africa top the list.
NO WONDER CARRYING YOW KENIAN PASSPORT IS A SHAMEFUL THING
@@munakisirantete2455 TYPICAL OF BLACK AFRICAN COUNTRIES
I live in Nairobi and my apartment is just by the road, Waiyaki Way. Trust me the number of accidents I have witnessed is crazy. I used to be afraid when I first moved in but now I'm just used to. This docu made so much sense. NTSA 🤦🏾♀️ #sad
Driving in Kenya is a extreme sport, I have a video of 3 cars trying to overtake a truck and taking up the whole road, very dangerous experience
This is the sad part. Kenyan ordinary citizens always accusing top leaders of corruption. But it trickles down to the grass root. We all love short cuts. We feel deeling with incorruptible people is such an inconvenience.
That is the point, we are all corrupt as a nation but we blame the government
They are part of the problem leading ordinary kenyan to that mess.
We are all involved
The problem is more than just corruption in the government. It is ordinary citizens who are corrupt as well. The cancer is spreading throughout every citizen in Kenya and it’s going from the root to the very top
I lost my husband last year,he's featured here through his best friend Brian Ndege😭😭its sad we're loosing loved ones every day due to reckless driving,Thanks @BBCNEWSAFRICA for this documentary.
Sorry for the loss
Sorry for the loss
My Condolences But this is why I'm glad the USA has tough law's they would All Be in Prison
@@Sweetdification Kenya is corrupt my dear
@@kemmyKenya It Seems All of Africa Alkelubelan I'm a USA Citizen my father's is or was from Cote D'Ivoire 🇨🇮 Only we can Change our Predicament?
Corruption will one day wipe Kenyans out. We need more of such exposures
I am Kenyan living abroad! 3 weeks ago I was in Kenya, I couldn’t drive myself! I hired a local guy to drive me. The recklessness of Kenyan drivers is jarring 😔😔😔
Same. I was there a few months ago and couldn't imagine driving there!
Aiii
Same!!
Ati local guy?
Wow! The local media is focused on politics only when such things are happening in our own country
The reason why I don't watch TV or listen to Radio. The media houses need to know that they are loosing us.
thank you for highlighting this.... I get anxious whenever I get to drive in this roads, I am a qualified driver, driven for the last 13years, the things I have seen in the roads are just heart wrenching. It takes a personal resolve to make others safe on the roads.
You forget that even those of us who go for the actual driving test, pay at least 1000 so that they are " friendly" and not fail the exam
I quit pettans after a week. Our "instructor" would not allow you to drive the recommended distance unless you gave him some money for "squad". Pettans is the worst driving school and use advertisements to cover for their flaws.
This is true 10000%%%
Same here. I went straight to AA without looking back.
99% if driving schools have this kind of instructors
Richard Chacha was a good reporter, it's only now I've learnt what befall him
I wish you had extended your investigation to other driving schools. You would be surprised that more than half of the drivers in Kenya acquired their licences this way. In Kenya if you have money, the money gets you a licence and licence sends you to a grave...sad
Moment of silence for the lost souls:
Its unimaginable how corruption has eroded every bits' of humanity in our society, and I know even this exposure will not necessarily change anything, how sad? Me and others who commute daily with Matatus to and fro 'this Nairobi will be glad if full unprecedented changes are made on this sector... Blessed
I have both the kenyan and new york driving licenses, all I can say is our drivers are mostly half baked and our roads especially the lack if clear road signs is a major disaster.
I'm also from the states trying to get my driver license in Kenya any pointers on how I should proceed? thanks
@@MS-MS11 go to driving school,
@@MS-MS11 The Kenyan one is easier and less stressful. Just join any good driving school preferably , do the road test and I am sure you will pass.
This is everywhere in Africa so sad💔
And Florida!
@@timthomas2861 Really?
And this will never be aired on our national television!
The moment you're on a Kenyan road, death beckons. Neither drivers nor passengers' safe arrival is guaranteed.
The government should introduce a law that indicates no use of full lights especially in a 2way round,all first world countries have banned use of full lights.
Most of those vehicles driven with full beam headlights have tinted windscreens. Who approved front windcreen tints? Fucked up ntsa and police
I love Kenya 🇰🇪 we’re strong 💪 we can fix the issue ❤️❤️❤️
It's loathful and sickening the damage, destruction and death on Kenyan roads, fueled by corruption.
Richard chaaaaachaaaa.....
I remember them days listening and watching him in NTV i think since i was a kid....i hope you doing good legend✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Lost my cousin in Kenya to vehicular homicide and have known many others that have suffered due to this ongoing issue, smfh. Thank you BBC for highlighting this continuous problem 🙏🏾❤️
I died 12 years ago, send Mr reds not him here 4 me.
Purpose please.iam ready, iv earned it
The minji minji country that money is valued over humanity, an awesome expose💯 BBC
These are the stories that can be able to change the entire inspection sector. Road safety is important. Life is sacred.
For me, there are three reasons why these accidents will continue occurring in Kenya if these three reasons are not tackle, 1. Corruption which I just discovered in this documentary, 2. The road are terribly constructed and 3. Alcohol intake. Most of the accidents occurred during weekends in Nairobi where people drink uncontrollable. Just observed on Monday how many accidents vehicles are been todd on trucks.
I wouldn't blame on the roads though, Kenya has the best transport system. There are other African countries where the roads are a mess and most are in the tropical zones so it rains 24/7 . We have better roads .
Remember when Michuki was in charge. There was discipline on the roads.
Companies and Saccos need to hold their employees accountable. Some companies don't double check this licenses and some Saccos are just there like rumours to be seen and nothing other than that .
Let's just say , the laws have been there , but the mafias keep growing, there are insurance companies that make money off of accident covers. If there are so many accidents many will join in to have a cover. The popo on the roads want to make some dime. Basically there are people making $$$ out of accidents .
The roads are really good.
Did you say terrible road's??
That beautiful Lady has a lot of passion for improvement of the roads. She deserves some high position
The secret camera is of another level, imagine recorded when you are telling and doing all the secret things you do then allover sudden you see yourself in BBC an international media..
That's why you're supposed to wear a mask, some spectacles and a cap... And always say your name is pinches if you're a man or Dama if you're a woman to conceal your identity when conducting illegal business and you fear that you're being recorded 😁
@@asparagusonly but this people pretend to be customers just like the other customers , they play their game very well so you can't identify them..
@@beththetallest5729 vaa mask na glasses na ukuwe na alias... Hakuna mtu atakukumbuka... Trust me 😂
Thank you. Congratulations. Don't tire exposing these corruption incidences. For far too long its what that has held kenya behind. We need to firmly oppose it and practice integrity always.
My take on this:
Majority of those accidents in Kenya are consequences of overspeeding and blatant abuse of traffic rules (Overtaking at blind spots, at junctions, dangerous overlapping, specifically motorcycles are forever overlapping at high speed .... numerous times in a day I have had to scamper for safety by dashing left out of the road to avoid a head-on collision with a vehicle mostly bus, truck or matatu overtaking). At the sight of traffic police these drivers behave with discipline then shortly after passing the police they swing back to bad driving.
Someone should test this hypothesis:
That most of the accidents in Kenya involve roadworthy vehicles being driven dangerously on good road surface.
It is the mindset behind the wheels which is the big problem.Why try to race in an ordinary car? Why overtake in a blind corner?Why the silence from passengers when a psv driver is driving recklessly? There is a need for a total transformation in the thinking and attitude of Kenyan road users.
Cry my beloved Kenya!! 🇰🇪 I remember been offered this ‘service’ by my driving instructor. To imagine a fake driver would take you or your loved ones life is so scary. Like my UK instructor told me, “Don’t trust the other drivers,you might be the only sane driver on the road!!” How true that is,especially in Kenya.
If someone got all their information about Kenya from this channel, you would think its the worst place on earth. The power of propaganda disguised as "awareness".
Yep very True. Africans we're still toddlers in our way of thinking. The psychological mind and chess games of mzungu is on another level.
We have our share of problems tho
Yes but this particular video is very accurate and a serious problem in Kenya.
@@ianm8218 There needs to be balance, not one-sided negativity. This kind of coverage actually damages countries by scaring away tourism and investment. The BBC is a foreign government sponsored organization, so this is unlikely a coincidence.
After watching this documentary, i feel kenya is the best world to live for.😏
Kenya + South Africa = Same WhatsApp group 🤞 with the buying of licenses to unqualified drivers
😂😂I heard that SA taxi drivers can be rude sometimes
@@itgamingke not sometimes always
@@itgamingke all the damn time! You even get pushed by them, and don't think you have any assault/harassment or any violent case against them because you don't 😂 they own the country 🤞
The poorly qualified drivers in RSA will make the top crop in Nairobi, those people really cant drive no wonder why their roads are jammed always. Then the engineering of roads?? How they put a hump no warnings now reflectors in the middle of a highway you wonder what kind of bhangi they smoke
Nice work BBC Africa Eye 👍
Can you do an expose on these companies in Kenya that misuse and abuse their interns, imagine they hire them as sales people but do not give them any financial support out on the field...as in you have to pay for your own transportation to make sales for them. Even banks are exploiting desperate jobless graduates it’s a shame!!
Some also mistreat university students on attachment by giving them tonnes of work.
Bumps are erected even in a meter before bend corner with no road signs, wreck less matatu drivers, corrupt traffic officers and everything is always chaos in Africa no political wills to fight corruption. Even Anti corruption Authority itself is corrupt, how do we expect them to end corruption?
If this isn't the truth I don't know what is, to add insult to injury, anti corruption is so corrupt, if you become a whistle blower, you'll end up disappearing mysteriously.
It starts with us as kenyans
@@ayubndungu5457 Fact
@@ayubndungu5457 its proof you Africans can't rule themselves.Incapable of doing anything the right way.
Scrap metal dealers vandalize the road signs that is why I got irritated when a section of "hustler" politicians attacked our president when he banned the scrap metal business. We need order in Kenya na sio tafadhali.
We need more of this investigations. Someone who will be thinking of doing such a thing will feel guilty.
Thank you for the expose
An African was not meant to ogovern himself
The government allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to open a driving school is what is causing all this mess. The government should regulate this issue by allowing one driving school that has been in the country for years to be the only operator and it should decide on the curricula. This is the only way to tame rogue driving schools.
You are faulting only Driving Schools. It's a whole system that's rotten to the core - NTSA, Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit, Traffic Police, Traffic Court, Matatu Owners and we Kenyans with our kitu kidogo culture
@@Belioyt true sir😀
Rocky Driving school has been in the country for years
Can confirm, got hit by an overlapping GSU bus in 2019 (minor injuries), drunk driver cut us off on a bike last year (broke my leg). Lost my pal ( a safety ambassador and rider) last year: it was an (allegedly drunk) NTSA official making an illegal turn that did him in as well.
Victor still hasn't received justice because corruption
@@bellaauma9489 Yeah, it's just horrible. I hear they nicked his Go Pro at the scene
The fuel filter wasn't even attached!😂😂 The NTSA inspector knew it was only by supernatural power that this vehicle was moving. Who is he to judge the vehicle..lol
This is so sad 😭😭😭😭 I've had two accidents, please close those rogue driving schools ASAP
I have horrific history with Kenyan roads it's traumatic 😐😞
Am at a place in my life where I don't care or even feel bad about Kenya's image to the outside world no matter how much you try to love Kenya something comes up and just dampens the mood.
Kenya is a laughing stock and a starter convo for foreigners, I should know I had the displeasure to overhear some foreigners laughing on how kenya is a joke in a flight from Ethiopia all the way to Europe. Lets just say that uzalendo ish is a song for the birds, I just removed my Kenyan flag bracelet.
@@dizdimples Sasa unaona haya sababu watu wanaongea mbaya juu ya country yako?🤣🤦🏾♂️ Pathetic. Do their opinions feed you or your family? Did their opinions give you life? At the end of the day they're just opinions, sure some of them may be based in fact but they're opinions nonetheless... And as the saying goes opinions are like a**holes, everybody has to have one. Ishi maisha yako vaa bracelet yako and be proud of your heritage
Everything else umesema after care ni useless bro. Sa watu wa NTSA ndio wakenya pekee? Kwani politicians are the only kenyans? Live your life bana as long as you were raised to have manners and be a functional member of society that's what matters... Hizo story zote zingine zinakustress ni vanity... Ati dampens the mood? Who gives a f**k?! Ni wewe tu🤦🏾♂️😂
@@dizdimples Laughing stock Gani?? You're the laughing stock here. Those same expatriates said Kenya is the most comfortable country to live in Africa,espwhen it comes to finding decent Housing,good restaurants nd internet services + the hospitality of it's people.
Kenya was also voted the most Beautiful country in Africa..
We have so many good things going for this country.
Na utoe hio bracelet KABISAA hatuitaji washenzi kama wewe huku Kenya or even Africa. !! Jinga kabisa.!
Kenya Iko sawa wewe. That's what happens when you constantly watch BBC Africa. Foreign investors wamejaa..And Tourists are trooping over here in their millions. Sijui unasema nini.
This is sad and relatable as some of these elements of corruption exists in Jamaica too. We need to do better and hold ourselves to incorruptible standards to change it. Stop putting a price on ur intregrity and selling your country down the river
I've been to Kenya and yep this documentary is correct, sad but true....but I still love my Keyan people and the country! Every time we visit, we hire the same driver whom is licensed and a safe driver to drive us from Nairobi to Bondo. It's not our driver I'm worried about, its the others on the road that freaks me out! Further more, driving in the city....no one follows the rules! Driving on the Country side (village life) more calm less hectic but still can get a little crazy at times lol. ALL I can say, is buckle up tight and pray for the best!
I keep telling my fellow Kenyans that corruption is not a political problem it's a social one.
I love the fearlessness in this guy's..The way it should be👍🏾
The problem with Kenya is corruption. This is a very serious issue not only affecting people's lives but the reputation of the government too. From the government agencies, police, to the general public, everyone is corrupt. With money, one can afford anything in Kenya.
Minimal Corruption is done you and me first of all let's change that and we can think about as a whole nation
The problem is, even if your vehicle is in good condition without bribing them, it will never pass.
The government cannot even put enough signage, lighting on our roads. Adding to the uneducated drivers this is a whole mess.
It's not only about corruption but full on complacency!
Actually they put the signage, then the scrap metal dealers remove them. Some more corruption 🤦🏾
I have both my NYS driving license and my Kenyan Driving license. And I have to say that driving school and the test in Kenya were so much easier than in the states. As long as you can change the gears and keep the car on the road you pass.
love this Bbc africa documentaries... fixing the country one video at a time. great job
Same problem in South Africa. Corruption is a cancer
yaaaaas As a Kenyan, I applaud this. Problem is the leaders responsible to change these occurrences ARE NOT WATCHING!!!! Where are you so-called leaders??
They watch... They just don't care
Hmm
Of course, they will be flying in helicopters
The first thing I noticed when I arrived in Germany from Kenya was the discipline on the roads. It's crazy when you think of Kenyan roads while in Germany... ah!!! My heart cries for my motherland
Jeez! I remember exactly witnessing Vehicle @ 2:58 That happened @ Ng'ong Road near Junction Mall when the construction was still under expansion. The driver was Heavily Drunk.
At least Hassan admitted on his wrong doings which most people find hard to do it.
So how does him admitting to his crime help us in road safety?🤔
Doesn't change the fact that he's a scam
@@wakilinathannjoroge835 I get it but he admitted to his wrong doings
This is the worst...i am avictim of an act of careless driving on the Kenyan road...i wish nd pray for this government to change everything.
This kind of corruption is in Nyayo house. You can obtain a passport within days while others are waiting for months
We need this expose in South Africa
Welcome to Kenya where everything is for sale. Corruption is so intertwined in this country’s collective fabric that trying to get rid of is a Herculean task
Kenyan people reading this, share this in every of your social media, so it becomes trending and start a national riot against the goverment. Something has to be done about this NOW.
The green matatu at the 9:07 mark killed my friend last year on December. It was taken off the streets for a few days and got back to working like nothing happened. The owner of the vehicle wasn't even apologetic about the accident
What!😳
Pole.
It's time. Thank you for this professional investigation and reporting. Shame on the corrupt officers and driving schools. #TiManene
The roads are also a problem:
1. Roads with ditches on the sides that cause cars to overturn or crash,
2. Lack of lighting on the sides of roads (it’s in the center, third-world style where it exists in urban areas),
3. Lack of shoulders, etc. It’s almost impossible to end up in ditches on roads in developed countries and unusual to overturn. I saw multiples more overturned vehicles in three years living in Kenya than I have in the rest of my life. I have even thought I might overturn.
4. Lack of reflectors, striping and grooving to assist drivers in staying in their lanes;
5. Lack of sufficient dual-carriage roads for fast long distance travel since head on collisions kill multiple more people than accidents of cars headed in the same direction.
Since driving is so basic and simple that people pay for license rather than taking a simple test, this is reflective of a place where standards are disregarded. Classes will not remedy reckless behavior.
This should be higher up in the comments
As a Kenyan, I can confirm this.
15k! That was a bit over the top. A friend I know of only paid 20$ to get her license without taking the test. Although she did study for almost two months for it and went for driving classes 4 days a week during that time.
This exposes the ripple effect of corruption in the transport industry ... A driving school passes a person who isn't meant to be operating a vehicle. NTSA approves. A traffic officer accepts a bribe during the first incident. The driver is accustomed to getting away with offences by flashing cash. The driver ends the life of another road user. Rinse and repeat!
Right. Its from top to bottom. Its universal, everyone does it and everyone expects it. So people think its normal and acceptable. Little do they know they are only harming themselves in the long run. They are also destroying the fabric of society. Then nobody wants to do business in Africa because everyone is trying to rob you and cheat you.
Just recently on Friday i lost a friend of mine to road accident
🙏🏾Be safe bro.
@@itgamingke thanks i sure will
I'm Zambian and my close family and friends got licences before they could even drive. This is an African problem. I'm scared to drive so I never got one when I was in Zambia and up to now the thought of driving just scares me.
Late Michuki must be spinning in his grave at such revelation; the guy did his bit as minister, but, you know......TIK (This is Kenya), we're enthusiastically complicit at law bending and quite acquiescent with thriving at the fringes! Kenya....is real life Gotham City.
i have lost loved ones and friends on these here our roads... great expose.
9:06 that motorway entrance gives me anxiety. it looks poorly designed, how can cars gain enough speed when you have to merge right away 🤦🏾♂️
For real!!!!!
When we're being told that corruption kills, someone might ask "How?" Literally, corruption is the leading cause of Death in Africa and Kenya to be specific.
I've had my license for 37 years. It's a bit of a process to have the privilege for sure so this is pretty scary to see.
Corruption if it has to end must start from individual states, Don’t ask for something if at all is illegal. Use the right way to get it!
thank you soo much BBC for the information
This is why i fear travelling to my small village for 4 years now whenever i think of travelling my instinct guarantees me of unsafe driving and if i have to travel then i have to make 100 stops until i reach home safe
Wee ni mwoga sana🙆🏾♂️
@@asparagusonly its better niitwe muoga but niendelee kuishi brathe
@@kensuccii utakufa bado kaka, ata ka sio kwa accident 🤷🏾♂️
@@asparagusonly lakini siezi jipeana kwa kifo kama najua this is death
@@kensuccii unajipeanga kwa kifo daily bro, ni vile haujui. Usiogope gari😂
That's sad. I wonder if the people who do those corrupt things really realise how it will cause injury/ death further on down the line?! It's really causing alot of carnage that doesn't need to happen...not to mention more pressure of the emergency services.
They also need to investigate after an accident to ensure those licences/ roadworthy certificates were a issued correctly but that is again where a problem will be if people are already not following proper protocols!!!
I Remember you Richard Chachaaaa