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Kenya: Badi to Kick Matatus Out of Nairobi CBD
Nation, 8 September 2020
Matatus will no longer be allowed to access the Central Business District (CBD) as from November as the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) moves to de-congest the city. Read more »
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Kenya: Compel Matatus to Remove Extra Seats, Nakuru Sacco Urges State
Nation, 3 August 2020
A matatu sacco based in Nakuru has suggested that the government compels owners of public service vehicles to remove some seats in order to force them to comply with the social… Read more »
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Kenya: NTSA to Audit Matatu Saccos on Terms of Hiring
Nation, 2 August 2020
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is set to audit companies operating matatus to weed out those that have not formalised their workers' employment . Read more »
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Kenya: Commuter Transport in Nairobi Set for a Facelift
Nation, 2 August 2020
Nairobi residents will in the next few months have a modern commuter transport system as several government agencies work towards actualising the city's master plan. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Throws Car Manufacturers Under the Bus in Brt Withdrawal
Nation, 22 July 2020
The government has withdrawn from the planned Sh1.64 billion purchase of high capacity buses for use in the Bus Rapid Transit system. Read more »
New Nairobi Chief to Kick Matatus Out of CBD
The Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General Mohammed Badi says the plans to bar matatus from the CBD aims to de-congest the city and will be launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in November. Matatus are privately owned minibuses and they are the most common form of public transport in Kenya. Badi has added that bus stations have been built in Ngara and Parklands where all matatus coming from Thika will offload passengers. Matatus coming from Machakos and Lang'ata will have a stage at the Railway Golf Club where the Kenya National Highways Authority will build an express way. He has also revealed that the much-awaited bus rapid transit system will also be operational by the end of this month and will be used to transport passengers from the train stations to their various destinations.
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Matatus on Mama Ngina Street within Nairobi's Central Business District (file photo).
