Boda boda operators are a law unto themselves—tame them
Boda-boda riders wait at a round about in Kampala. The cultural and collective identity of motorcyclists as a group frequently rises beyond any ethnic or religious divisions they may have. FILE PHOTO | NMG
It is a scene, previously unimaginable in many contexts. A rowdy crowd is gathered outside a police station, daringly unafraid of the consequences of unruliness at the law enforcers’ door. They are hollering, demanding the release of their colleague.
Their colleague is not innocent; indeed, he was riding his motorbike on the wrong side of the road when he crashed into an oncoming car. This incident happened in Liberia. It is, however, interesting that many people, on first hearing about it, said they would not be surprised if it had happened in their own country, somewhere in Africa.
