Works ministry and Traffic Police agree free driver badges and hidden cameras against checkpoint extortion

After a meeting with Traffic Police and bus drivers, the Ministry of Works and Transport said in a statement that drivers with no accident record would get badges free of charge within one day, that online badge renewal would come within four months, and that hidden cameras would be used to investigate reported extortion at checkpoints. ChimpReports said the meeting followed a bus drivers' strike threatened for October 12, which was suspended to allow talks.