Swenani wrote:Good people, Please do not drink and drive, It is too expensive and not worthy it.
On Wednesday, I was arrested for DUI, I spent the night at Muthaiga police station.Come Thursday, we were taken to milimani courts(The bus which picked us from Muthaiga is a luxury bus btw).We waited in the cells upto around 10 where people were making deals with judiciary officials for a fee of 20K.Since I'm always suspicious of such characters, I didn't bother to make deals with them.
We were taken to the courts around 10.15 where we had to wait for close to two hours for the Judge/magistrate to show up.
Surprisingly, all the guys who made the deal were fined 10K while the rest of us were fined 40K.I was told that part of the 20K which was paid to these middle men, 10K was used to pay the fine and 10K was "facilitation fee" thus at the end of the day,I had paid 40K while another person who had committed the same offense had parted with only 20K.
The worst part of this is that, after paying the fine, we were directed to Traffic HQ along Thika road where we were to pick the cars keys after paying towing charges which amounted to between 9K-10K for a distance of less than 5Kms.upon picking the car , we now had to go to the nearest police station where the vehicle had been towed to pick thevehicle.As if that was not all, we had to go to upperhill(NTSA office) to pick our driving licenses.
Next time you are driving by and see a person lying on the streets drunk, That will be me,Drink and walk.
I suspect there is a "fishy part"that you are hiding.
Anyhow I agree its not worth it.Get a cab or get a friend to drop you or walk home.
There is something very humiliating about it in addition to the financial drawback.
Pole sana.
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