The Matatu Minibuses of Nairobi

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp looks into the growing trend of designing minibuses in Kenya. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• custombuses
• design
• kenya
• matatu
• minibuses
• nairobi

[JimmyMarverick]

Matatu is a Kenyan Trademark just like Samba is for Brazil and Car races for USA. I wonder why some people argue that matatus should be painted in one colour to look like the Ugandans' . We must remember that Kenya is and will always be Kenya and that the fact that one of our neighbours has no self identity does not make us copy him. Long live the Matatu Culture and Kenyans.

And God bless Kenya.

[africanbeauty84]

correction director the name matatu did not come from swahilli, it came from kikuyu coz the kikuyu man that started the business used to charge 3 shillings and people started calling them "matatu"....better research mate.

[liebewarda]

@africanbeauty84 ..wacheni siasa..who cares what tribe started the business anyway??? tatu is swahili..period...and I think all bantus call three tatu...

[liebewarda]

@zonkozonko ..depends on which part of kenya u lived and what year tht was...matatus have always been there!

[liebewarda]

@ukandkisumu very true.....tatu is from kiswahili,lugha ya taifa not kikuyu...telly them again ;)

[liebewarda]

@Curiousquest2 stop hating and stick to ur "million years country"....weather we are a million or 50 years backwards,what's your problem???????????????????????­????????????keep hating if that makes you feel better...it breaks none of the proud kenyans bones...yak!

[liebewarda]

@vtecselcuk ..you are the kind of a person Kenya would welcome anytime..karibu tena(welcome once more ;)) many tourists go to kenya,enjoy their holidays BUT write of give ONLY negative reports about Kenya,I think it's mean....

[liebewarda]

@razr3g Kenya is KENIA in both german and dutch...no offense!

[liebewarda]

@cymox1 ..matatu simply came from the swahili.."tatu"....

[liebewarda]

@HAHSMIYU duuuh!I am a proud kenyan and I am not kokuyu neither am I corrupt..HATER!..stick 2 ur uncorrupted country whatever it is and leave Kenya in peace..peace!

[jayjjj3]

I was only allowed once to ride in a matatu by my parents when I lived in mombasa and I was probably 7 or so. That was the craziest thing ever.

[abdi5501boone]

Damn grew up riding these things from Section 3 to eastleigh! And ofcourse NUMBER 9! shout out to my number 9s, left some years back i miss this hope i can one day go back and hop on a number 9!