Matatu crackdown: 270 vehicles impounded

[Applecatwithcheese]

umm... who cares?

[gutydanx]

My opinion is that the transport industry should be consolidated .small scale ownership is bringing about too much chaos and insecurity on the roads.Anyone can bring amatatu on the road as long as he satisfies the route cartels.Dont start saying that jobs will be lost as they will no be remote controlled.Police and Passangers will always have a headache as long as the status quo remain

[ngikemareu]

1.00 did i see a warthog or a Homo erectus?

[pierrre23]

It is simply, in public transport, a private mini-bus to carry between 9-35 passengers.

They are very numerous in Nairobi (in Kenya) and are flashy, noisy, fast, comfy, have muzic & video-DVD monitors, and most distinguishing...they are a law unto themselves!

Nevertheless they are the preferred means of transport since the 70's when they emerged charging 30c bus fare.

3 is "tatu" (in kiswahili) and they were named in slang " MA-3" or "MA-TATU". Thats their official name ever since.

[kakompo]

Wow. Then it's surely the same thing as the "tro-tro" in Ghana. Thanks for the long elaborate explanation.

[Kienjekurika]

@pierrre23 Matatus were first operated by Kikuyus in Nairobi. The name matatu originated from the thirty cents fare passengers used to pay then between the city centre  and Mathare, Huruma etc. Matatu is therefore not Kiswahili but Kikuyu which means 30 cents.

[2icebaked]

I am so glad that Africa is finally starting to protect its people from these violent busses.

[kijijikubwa]

violent buses??? WTF are you talking about?

[zuuleee]

it sounds good!!!!

if they protecting their citizens!!!

[gutydanx]

Matatu is a colloquial nickame for public service vehicle.after independence people used to pay 3 cent for ride ('mapeni matatu' informal broken swahili)so people used to say 'gari ya mapeni matatu' which means the car of 3 cents literery.Then people shortened it to matatu and it well stuck

[kakompo]

They seem to operate with impunity. It's a good thing the police are running after them? Many of them will end up right back on the roads again.

[jugholder]

the way the presenter ends the report is pretty dope

[kakompo]

I am Ghanaian American and I don't know what a Matatu is. In Ghana we call cars like this "tro-tro" or "troski"  . I am not sure if that's the same they are referring to.

[daniells71]

Thank goodness the traffic police don't carry guns cause Usain Bolt there with the yellow vest would have been put to sleep rapidly.

[kakompo]

What is a matatu?

[MrMsemakamili]

At 0.4 huyo jamaa ako masaa mbaya but these days Kenyans are crying for their rights but its good by december festivities things will be okay but Police should not own Matattus or Breakdowns Period

[nubian12201]

sometimes i feel pity for the ma-3s. they are always the easy target. it is high time they also targetted buses, and long distance trucks

[sadia23]

u know the problem is when an accident occurs in upcountry most of them they usualy blame the nairobi ones so i don get them. crackdown ni poa but they should target the ones wich are unroadworthy

[Savai333]

Yes they should impound all the Matatus in cities coz the town folks are fond of coming to the rural areas in December after harvest and on returning to the cities they carry away all the eatables from the rural areas, leaving the rural people poorer than they found them. Ticks. Washindwe kabisa!!!

[siasabora]

Robert you got competition here from Irene! That move was very neat and a Maganga couldn't pull it better than yu did!

Officer impound all Matatus...what system are they talking about, this is the system!

[freegastanker1]

Let them hit where it hurts the most. (taking away the whole matatu before christmas) lol

[sadia23]

system ya upuzi. theres a nganya in 58 called brainchild the dopest manyanga ever that mat haina kasoro yoyote hata dent haina n its know 2 years old imagine it just came out of riko n service n know it has been shikwad for whatso ever dumb reason. seatbelts inayo unique ones engine,brakes kila kitu iko sawa. so