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It’s slow start for transport sector

Mombasa Raha bus under repair at the company's Bombolulu yard in Mombasa. Buses can now travel in and out of Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera after government lifted travel ban on Monday.

Public transport operators remained cautiously optimistic yesterday as they resumed operations following the lifting of a ban on inter-county travel.

In his address to the nation on Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted a ban on travel in and out of Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera counties, bringing relief to thousands of operators and travellers who had been grounded by measures put in place to contain spread of Covid-19.

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