MONROVIA – Solidarity & Trust for a New Day (STAND), Liberia’s leading grassroots advocacy organization, has petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia, requesting that the government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai lift all restrictions to ensure the free movement of motorbike and kehke riders.
The petition was filed on March 10, 2025 before Justice in Chambers Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson, the petition represents the National Kehke & Motorbike Riders Welfare & Advocacy Organization (NAKEMOR), as well as all motorbike and keke riders in Liberia, through STAND.
The case names the Government of Liberia as the respondent, represented by Minister of Justice & Attorney General Oswald Tweh, Solicitor General Augustine Fayiah, and the Liberia National Police, led by Inspector General Gregory Coleman, among others.
Represented by its legal counsel, Cllr. Sayma Cyrenius Cephus, STAND through its Chief Executive Officer Mulbah K. Morlu, has requested the Supreme Court to issue a Writ of Prohibition, seeking to the lifting of all restrictions preventing motorbike and kehke riders from accessing Monrovia, Duala Market, and other areas, stopping the Liberia National Police from seizing motorbikes and kehkes or imposing excessive fines on riders, and upholding riders’ rights under Article 13 of the 1986 Constitution and the Vehicle & Traffic Law of Liberia, ensuring fair treatment of licensed operators.
