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No end in sight to Nakuru matatu crisis as parties stay put
A woman walks past Police officers reopening a road barricaded by protesting matatu operators in Nakuru town on May 1, 2020.
Photo credit: Cheboite Kigen | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Whereas Governor Lee Kinyanjui has ruled out chances of rescinding his decision to lock the matatus out of the Central Business District (CBD), the operators have vowed not to relent in their push to be allowed back there.
- Led by Central Rift Matatu Owners Association Chairman Steve Muli, they accused Mr Kinyanjui of discrimination, saying they are being kept off the CBD whereas hawkers are allowed to operate from there.
There seems to be no end in sight to the standoff between Nakuru and the matatu operators in the county following the decision to relocate them from the town centre.
Whereas Governor Lee Kinyanjui has ruled out chances of rescinding his decision to lock the matatus out of the Central Business District (CBD), the operators have vowed not to relent in their push to be allowed back there.
