For several years now, Kenya’s public service transport sector has been chaotic more often characterized by breach of the highway code, overlapping, obstruction of other road users, double parking, corruption and impunity. The industry is messy, uncontrolled and is run by cartels whose word is law and order especially in the three cities-Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. For instance, a walk along several streets of Nairobi and one would witness a cocktail of impunity and lawlessness committed by law enforcers, motorist and touting boys who control the stages. Karanja said idlers who have infiltrated the Matatu sector are no good and their presence was posing insecurity not only to the transport industry but to the general public. He said the public transport sector must reclaim its lost glory which the late Cabinet Minister John Michuki had installed.

Source: The Star November 09, 2018 15:22 UTC