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Commuters stranded in police crackdown on errant matatus

police crackdown

Motor-cyclist rides past a police road block at Shika-Adabu in Likoni Mombasa County.  Commuters were left stranded on April 1, 2021 after police launched a crackdown on public service vehicles flouting Covid-19 rules on the Mombasa-Malindi highway.

Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group

Hundreds of commuters were left stranded yesterday after police launched a crackdown against public service vehicles flouting Covid-19 rules on the Mombasa-Malindi highway.

The roadblock caught locals flat-footed with dozens of operators of 14-seater matatus, tuk tuks and boda bodas impounded for flouting the coronavirus containment measures.