There is a law in Rwanda that requires every driver or motorist to wear their safety belts and avoid charting on cellphones while driving.

But it seems that this law does not apply to certain people who seem to be a class above the ordinary. One wonders who exempted them from this law because even traffic police seem to shy away from them.

If one happens to be driving along sopetrad way, either to or from the city center, in a big posh land cruiser or any other luxurious car, talking on an classy phone and without a safety belt on, they will be sure of ‘a salute’ rather than ‘a stop’ from the traffic policemen.

But woe to you if you happen to be driving a small white ‘kikumi’(saloon car) or one similar to it and you behave like some other person in the big car; if you are not stopped by the traffic police, you will not escape the policeman on the motorcycle who will ride very fast and get next your car window panting like puff adder ready to pounce on its prey.

Worse still, are the law enforcers (Police officers) who are often seen driving marked pick-ups without putting on safety belts and their colleagues on duty at the roads don’t seem to notice them.

Can someone out there tell me; to who is this law is applicable? Should we continue to believe that ‘All animals are equal but some are more equal than others’?

Kigali