Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has announced that all police roadblocks will be removed across the country from November 1.
The roadblocks will be replaced by patrol security officers along the highways and major corridors.
Kindiki said the elimination of roadblocks is a presidential directive.
“Roadblocks are an old form of security in various nations. Roadblocks should be mounted on the request of the security operators to achieve a specific agenda and once it has served its purpose it’s dismounted.,” he said.
The CS spoke during a meeting with the National Assembly’s EAC block and Integration progress on various projects undertaken by the partner states.
The panel had invited the CS to explain the government’s support free movement of goods, services and people within the region.
The committee has raised concerns that the many police roadblocks were causing problems for transporters and business people ferrying goods.
They said the roadblocks, besides wasting time for traders, have become centres of corruption where security officers demand bribes from the transporters.
The CS revealed that the government was implementing several legal frameworks to support the free movement of goods and services within the community.
They include the implementation of EAC common trade protocol and one-stop border post.
