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Matatus are set to be barred from operating in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) starting April. The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) says that the Green Park, Desai and Park Road bus termini will start operations by the end of April. Matatus plying the Ngong, Lang'ata, and Argwings Kodhek roads will be the first to be affected, according to NMS transport and Public Works Director Engineer Michael Ochieng. Currently, the Green Park terminal is 98% complete and will accommodate between 300 and 350 vehicles at go, and up to 20,000 in a day. The terminal will serve Ngong, Karen, Rongai, Kikuyu, Dagoretti, Kawangware, Kibra, Highrise, Ngumo, Langata, Nairobi West, Makadara, Kaberia, Satellite and Kiserian-bound commuters. “The change we are making in terms o...

The Ministry of Transport said although Covid-19 cases are rising, there was a need to stop business loss in the transport sector. One ministry official said Matatus had stopped observing the 60 per cent rule, and the police were only using the rule to collect bribes. “We will allow full capacity from Monday next week and any Sacco which will be found violating the protocol will have its license revoked,” Transport CAS Chris Obure said Friday afternoon after meeting matatu operators. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe introduced the 60 per cent rule on March 20 last year when there were only seven Covid-19 cases in the country. By Friday, Kenya had registered 208,262 Covid-19 cases and 4,057 people dead. Obure said President Uhuru had on March 12 this year directed that the old pro...

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Matatus To Stop Accesing Nairobi CBD Starting April

Matatus to carry full capacity from Monday .