Mlolongo transporters block highway over road closure

An aerial view of Mlolongo weighbridge. Transporters blocked the Nairobi-Mombasa highway to protest closure of access roads. PHOTO | GOOGLE MAPS

What you need to know:

  • The transporters are protesting closure of access roads adjacent to the highway by police whom they accused of corruption.
  • Police however said the transporters have been using the roads to avoid making payments at the weighbridge.

Transporters blocked the highway near Mlolongo the weighbridge on Monday to protest the closing of access roads.

A major snarl-up hit the Nairobi-Mombasa highway after the protesting transporters parked lorries used to ferry sand in the middle of the road near the weighbridge.

Police tear-gassed the protesters and cleared the highway.

The transporters were protesting the closing of access roads adjacent to the highway by police, whom they accused of corruption.

They claimed police had been demanding bribes from them since the roads were closed.

Police, however, said the transporters had been using the roads to avoid making payments at the weighbridge.