Public transport disruptions were reported in several parts of Kenya on Monday, February 2, as sections of the matatu ...

On Sunday, the Federation of Public Transport Sector called off the strike, but it appears that some operators ignored the ...

The operators had threatened to down their tools due to repeated cases of vehicle burnings across major highways in the country.

Electric vehicles (EVs), once dismissed as a far-fetched dream for Africa’s chaotic matatu industry, are now carving a niche and redefining the systems that have sustained Kenya’s public transport for ...

Some matatu operators have protested against the introduction of new mega-transit buses. The operators, mostly from middle-sized saccos, argued that the buses would push them out of business. Led by ...

A National Youth service bus in traffic along Racecourse road where Githurai residents board their passenger buses. The youth buses are offering cheap fare during peak hours which is a move by the ...

Over 50 leaders of Uganda’s Boda-Boda Riders Cooperative Union, together with key partners in the transport sector, are in Dubai for a two-day retreat that will not only mark its first anniversary but ...

Why the Nairobi strike is a tragedy of irony. Matatu owners aren't fighting for road safety; they are fighting Boda Bodas for a monopoly on bad behaviour ...

Reviewed by Paul Ocobock in Journal of African history 60 (1) 2019, pages 129-131 (DT1.J858 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Drive the streets of Nairobi and you ...